/tɹaɪt/, /tɹaɪt/, [tɹʌɪt]
OriginFrom Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).
- Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
“It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.”
“It is trite history – and trite law – to say that the law of the sea since that time [World War II] reflects a history of coastal State expansion.”
“McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!”
- So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
“It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.”
- A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.
Formstriter(comparative) · tritest(superlative) · trites(plural)