Trite
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"Bromidic sermons"
"His remarks were trite and commonplace"
"Hackneyed phrases"
"A stock answer"
"Repeating threadbare jokes"
"Parroting some timeworn axiom"
"The trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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Etymology 1


From , a form of the verb .

Adjective



  1. Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
    • 2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267
      McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!

Noun



  1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
  2. A genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
 
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