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Definitions for Trifles
[1] an article or thing of very little value.
[2] a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.
[3] a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money.
[4] a small quantity or amount of anything; a little: She's still a trifle angry.
[5] a literary, musical, or artistic work of a light or trivial character having no great or lasting merit; bagatelle.
[6] a kind of pewter of medium hardness.
[7] trifles, articles made of this.
[8] English Cooking . a dessert usually consisting of custard and cake soaked in wine or liqueur, and jam, fruit, or the like.
[9] to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect: Don't trifle with me!
[10] to play or toy by handling or fingering: He sat trifling with a pen.
[11] to act or talk in an idle or frivolous way.
[12] to pass time idly or frivolously; waste time; idle.
[13] to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously (usually followed by away ).
[14] a thing of little or no value or significance
[15] a small amount; bit a trifle more enthusiasm
[16] British a cold dessert made with sponge cake spread with jam or fruit, soaked in wine or sherry, covered with a custard sauce and cream, and decorated
[17] a type of pewter of medium hardness
[18] articles made from this pewter
[19] (intr usually foll by with ) to deal (with) as if worthless; dally to trifle with a person's affections
[20] to waste (time) frivolously
Words related to Trifles
trifletoy, triviality, novelty, trinket, gewgaw, nothing, knickknack, curio, bauble, bagatelle, plaything, whatnot, speck, dash, touch, suggestion, little, squat, hint, suspicion
Words nearby Trifles
trifletrifacial neuralgia, trifecta, triffid, trifid, trifid foot, trifle, trifling, trifluoperazine, trifluoride, trifluorochloromethane, trifluralin
Origin of Trifles
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English tru (f )fle idle talk, deceit < Old French, variant of truf (f )e mockery, deceit; (v.) Middle English treoflen to mock < Old French trufler to make sport of
Other words from Trifles
tri·fler , noun
Word origin for Trifles
C13: from Old French trufle mockery, from trufler to cheat
Synonyms for Trifles
bagatelle, bauble, curio, gewgaw, knickknack, nothing, novelty, plaything, toy, trinket, triviality, whatnot, bibelot, objet d'art