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trite |
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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