English Explanatory Dictionary

trite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
  2. So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
noun
  1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

trīt /tɹaɪt/ [tɹʌɪt] en-us-trite.ogg /tɹɑet/ en-au-trite.ogg [tɹɑe̯t]

Word forms

trite triter tritest trites

Etymology

From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“to wear away, wear out”).

Synonyms

banal clichéd played out bathetic bromidic cheesy commonplace corny dog-eared hackneyed hoary overdone overused overworked pat shopworn stale threadbare timeworn tired trite warmed-over well-worn

Related words

cliché

Derived words

trite law
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