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trite

[trahyt] ,
–adjective, trit⋅er, trit⋅est.
1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
3. Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.

Origin:
1540–50; < L trītus worn, common, equiv. to trī- (var. s. of terere to rub, wear down) + -tus ptp. suffix


tritely, adverb
triteness, noun


1. ordinary. See commonplace.


1. original.
trite   (trīt)   
adj.   trit·er, trit·est
  1. Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
  2. Archaic Frayed or worn out by use.

[Latin trītus, from past participle of terere, to wear out; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
trite'ly adv., trite'ness n.

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.
Language Translation for : trite
Spanish: banal,
German: abgedroschen,
Japanese: ありふれた

trite 
1548, from L. tritus "worn, familiar," from pp. of terere "to rub, wear down" (see throw).
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