triten.

/ˈtrɪtiː/

Etymology: < Greek τρίτη, feminine of τρίτος third (sc. χορδή string).

Ancient Greek Music.

Name of the third string or note (counting from the highest) in each of the higher tetrachords.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Trite Diezeugmenon, The third of disjuncts, a string or note in the scale of musicke C sol fa ut. Trite Hyperbolæon, A treble string; the third of Exceeding or treble; F fa ut. Trite Synemmenon, or Syzeugmenon, The third of the Conjuncts, a string or note in musicke, B fa, B mi in rule.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 22 Trite, the third string from the top of the two last tetrachords.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Trite, a Greek term signifying three, or third.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

triteadj.

Brit.

/trʌɪt/, U.S.

/traɪt/

Etymology: < Latin trītus, past participle of terĕre to rub.

1. Worn out by constant use or repetition; devoid of freshness or novelty; hackneyed, commonplace, stale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace

quotidian1430

trite1548

beaten1587

trivial1589

threadbare1598

protrite1604

prose1606

commonplace1616

everyday1628

prostitute1631

prosaical1699

tritical1709

prosaic1729

tritish1779

hack1821

rum-ti-tum1832

unspecial1838

banal1840

commonplacish1847

prosy1849

inventionless1887

thread-worn1888

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition

trite1548

beaten1587

threadbare1598

repetitious1673

hackneyed1747

monotonous1780

commonplace1801

thread-worn1888

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > trite or banal

quotidian1430

trite1548

protrite1604

obvious1617

unbravea1681

prosaical1699

tritical1709

prosaic1729

hack1759

unstrikinga1774

commonplace1801

prosy1837

banal1840

mundane1850

unsensational1854

bromidic1906

corn-fed1929

corn-ball1970

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xl^v Accordyng to the trite adage, he muste liberally spende that will plentefully gayne.

1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iii. 40 I would not haue my Arte vulgar, trite, and common.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 384 A Saying not triter than truer.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 133 It is a trite observation, that gunpowder was discovered by a monk.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 84 An art of building up a character for wisdom upon a very trite style of common-place eloquence.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 554 The story told by Erasmus of Colet is also a little too trite for repetition.

1885 Athenæum 28 Mar. 401 The theme of Death can no more wear trite than the theme of Love.

2. Well worn; worn out by rubbing; frayed; of a road or path, well-trod, beaten, frequented.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn

attrite?a1475

worn1508

fretted1545

battered1593

trite1601

obsolete1611

obtrite1656

attrited1691

eroded1741

worn-down1814

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [adjective] > beaten or well-trodden

berrieda1382

well-beaten?c1425

forbeatc1430

well-trodden?1566

traded?1567

trodden1576

well-traded1576

tracked1589

pathed1597

trite1601

beaten1748

paddered1789

well-travelled1797

padded1821

over-beaten1873

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C If my behauiours had beene of a cheape, or customary garbe; my Accent, or phrase, vulgar; my Garments trite .

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Trite, worne, over-worne, old, threedbare, much used, common.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 28 Unexpected Emergences, whereby we pass not our days in the trite road of affairs affording no Novity.

1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 272 Specimens of the bronze coinage of the later empire;..mostly trite and faceless.

1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman vii. 98 The woods were..unbroken save by the straight trite line of hasty locomotion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trite
释义	triten. /ˈtrɪtiː/ Etymology: < Greek τρίτη, feminine of τρίτος third (sc. χορδή string). Ancient Greek Music. Name of the third string or note (counting from the highest) in each of the higher tetrachords. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Trite Diezeugmenon, The third of disjuncts, a string or note in the scale of musicke C sol fa ut. Trite Hyperbolæon, A treble string; the third of Exceeding or treble; F fa ut. Trite Synemmenon, or Syzeugmenon, The third of the Conjuncts, a string or note in musicke, B fa, B mi in rule. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 22 Trite, the third string from the top of the two last tetrachords. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Trite, a Greek term signifying three, or third. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). triteadj. Brit. /trʌɪt/, U.S. /traɪt/ Etymology: < Latin trītus, past participle of terĕre to rub. 1. Worn out by constant use or repetition; devoid of freshness or novelty; hackneyed, commonplace, stale. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace quotidian1430 trite1548 beaten1587 trivial1589 threadbare1598 protrite1604 prose1606 commonplace1616 everyday1628 prostitute1631 prosaical1699 tritical1709 prosaic1729 tritish1779 hack1821 rum-ti-tum1832 unspecial1838 banal1840 commonplacish1847 prosy1849 inventionless1887 thread-worn1888 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition trite1548 beaten1587 threadbare1598 repetitious1673 hackneyed1747 monotonous1780 commonplace1801 thread-worn1888 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > trite or banal quotidian1430 trite1548 protrite1604 obvious1617 unbravea1681 prosaical1699 tritical1709 prosaic1729 hack1759 unstrikinga1774 commonplace1801 prosy1837 banal1840 mundane1850 unsensational1854 bromidic1906 corn-fed1929 corn-ball1970 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xl^v Accordyng to the trite adage, he muste liberally spende that will plentefully gayne. 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iii. 40 I would not haue my Arte vulgar, trite, and common. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 384 A Saying not triter than truer. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 133 It is a trite observation, that gunpowder was discovered by a monk. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 84 An art of building up a character for wisdom upon a very trite style of common-place eloquence. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 554 The story told by Erasmus of Colet is also a little too trite for repetition. 1885 Athenæum 28 Mar. 401 The theme of Death can no more wear trite than the theme of Love. 2. Well worn; worn out by rubbing; frayed; of a road or path, well-trod, beaten, frequented. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn attrite?a1475 worn1508 fretted1545 battered1593 trite1601 obsolete1611 obtrite1656 attrited1691 eroded1741 worn-down1814 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [adjective] > beaten or well-trodden berrieda1382 well-beaten?c1425 forbeatc1430 well-trodden?1566 traded?1567 trodden1576 well-traded1576 tracked1589 pathed1597 trite1601 beaten1748 paddered1789 well-travelled1797 padded1821 over-beaten1873 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C If my behauiours had beene of a cheape, or customary garbe; my Accent, or phrase, vulgar; my Garments trite . View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Trite, worne, over-worne, old, threedbare, much used, common. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 28 Unexpected Emergences, whereby we pass not our days in the trite road of affairs affording no Novity. 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 272 Specimens of the bronze coinage of the later empire;..mostly trite and faceless. 1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman vii. 98 The woods were..unbroken save by the straight trite line of hasty locomotion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603adj.1548
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