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Meaning of trite

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trite

Pronunciation:/tɹaɪt//tɹaɪt/

adjective

Definitions

  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.

trite

Pronunciation:/tɹaɪt//tɹaɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

  2. Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.