TRIVIAL

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

(adjective) (informal) small and of little importance; “a fiddling sum of money”; “a footling gesture”; “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”; “a little (or small) matter”; “a dispute over niggling details”; “limited to petty enterprises”; “piffling efforts”; “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”

trivial

(adjective) concerned with trivialities; “a trivial young woman”; “a trivial mind”

superficial, trivial

(adjective) of little substance or significance; “a few superficial editorial changes”; “only trivial objections”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

trivial (comparative more trivial, superlative most trivial)

Ignorable; of little significance or value.

Commonplace, ordinary.

Concerned with or involving trivia.

(taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.

(mathematics) Self-evident.

Pertaining to the trivium.

(philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

Synonyms

• (of little significance): ignorable, negligible, trifling

Antonyms

• nontrivial

• important

• significant

• radical

• fundamental

Noun

trivial (plural trivials)

(obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Anagrams

• vitrail

Source: Wiktionary

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Triv"i*al, a. Etym: [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]

1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. De Quincey.

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. The trivial round, the common task. Keble.

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.(Chem.) The common name, not describing the structure and from which the structure cannot be deduced; -- contrasted with systematic name.

Triv"i*al, n.

Definition: One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.] Skelton. Wood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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