TRIFLE
\tɹˈa͡ɪfə͡l], \tɹˈaɪfəl], \t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_f_əl]\
Definitions of TRIFLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a detail that is considered insignificant
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jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
By Princeton University
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a detail that is considered insignificant
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jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
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A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
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To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
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To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
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To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
By Oddity Software
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A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
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A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
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To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
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To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
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To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
By Noah Webster.
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Anything of little value or importance.
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To act or talk without seriousness; to daily.
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To waste or fritter away. A triffle, a little.
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Trifler.
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Trified.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Trifler.
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To act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably.
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Anything of little value: a light kind of dish.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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