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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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