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Trite

Trite Meaning & Definition
Trite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trite?

[adj] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trite: banal | commonplace | hackneyed | shopworn | stock(a) | threadbare | timeworn | tired | unoriginal | well-worn

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Trite In Webster's Dictionary

\Trite\, a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf. {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.] Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.

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