2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trite \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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'" [syn: {banal}, {commonplace},
{hackneyed}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
{tired}, {well-worn}]
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