About The Word Trite
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Trite
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Trite: See Also | 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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