TRIVIALITY

triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer

(noun) something of small importance

pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness

(noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

trifle, triviality

(noun) a detail that is considered insignificant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

triviality (countable and uncountable, plural trivialities)

The quality of being trivial or unimportant.

Something which is trivial or unimportant.

Synonyms

• (partial): bathos

Source: Wiktionary


Triv`i*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Trivialities. Etym: [Cf. F. trivialité]

1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon