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
triviality (countable and uncountable, plural trivialities)
The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
Something which is trivial or unimportant.
• (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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
