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Trite
//tɹaɪt// adj, noun
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Adjective
- 1 Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
"It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified."
- 2 So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
"It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias."
Adjective
- 1 repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse wordnet
Noun
- 1 A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- 2 In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from Latin tritē, from Ancient Greek τρίτη (trítē, literally “third [string]”).
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