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triteness


  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]: 
 
  triteness 
  n  :  unoriginality  as  a  result  of  being  dull  and  hackneyed  [syn: 
  {staleness}] 




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