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



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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