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Word entry · 6 letters

trifle

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"Minor matter"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹaɪfəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted efilrtStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. consider not very seriously

Word origin

From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle (“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe (“deception”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • It is interesting to watch the surface joviality on screen while racism is layered between courses like soggy trifles.
  • Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmation strong / As proofs of holy writ.
  • Olde Chaucer doth of Topas tell, / Mad Rablais of Pantagruell, / A latter third of Dowsabell, / With such poore trifles playing:

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