trite
AdjectiveUS[trahyt]/traɪt/1 syllable
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Adjective (1)
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse“his remarks were trite and commonplace”“hackneyed phrases”“a stock answer”“repeating threadbare jokes”“parroting some timeworn axiom”“the trite metaphor ‘hard as nails’”Synonyms: banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstockthreadbaretimeworntiredwell-wornOpposite originalSimilar unoriginal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trite (trīt), adjective
Origin: 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′wb-a1′>′ly, adverb — Trite′wb-a1′>′ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54