[triv-ee-uh] 
| matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles; trivialities. |
[triv-ee-uh] | (in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads. |
| triv·i·a 1 (trĭv'ē-ə) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Insignificant or inessential matters; trifles. [Latin trivia, neuter pl. of trivium, crossroads, gutter (influenced by trivial); see trivium.] |
| triv·i·a 2 (trĭv'ē-ə) n. Plural of trivium. |
| triv·i·um (trĭv'ē-əm) n. pl. triv·i·a (-ē-ə) The lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. [Medieval Latin, from Latin, crossroads : tri-, tri- + via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.] |