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Trifle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Trifle?
[n] something of small importance
[n] a detail that is considered insignificant [n] jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce [v] consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [v] act frivolously [v] waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently Synonyms | Synonyms for Trifle: dally | frivol | piddle | piddle away | play | small beer | technicality | trivia | triviality | triviality | wanton | wanton away Related Terms | Find terms related to Trifle: See Also | act | behave | consider | deal | dessert | detail | do | item | look at | pass | point | spend | stuff | sundries | sundry | take | tipsy cake | whatchamacallit | whatsis Trifle In Webster's Dictionary \Tri"fle\, n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery,
raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe
truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless
object. See {Truffle}.]
1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or
trivial, affair.
With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton.
Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation
strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And
frifles life. --Young.
2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc.,
with syllabub poured over it.
\Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. {To trifle with}, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. \Tri"fle\, v. t. 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. ``We trifle time.'' --Shak. |
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