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Trifling   /trˈaɪflɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Trifle  v. t.  
1.
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. (Obs.)
2.
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time."


Trifle  v. i.  (past & past part. trifled; pres. part. trifling)  To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. "They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us."
To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.


adjective
Trifling  adj.  Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.





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"Trifling" Quotes from Famous Books



... trifling obligations have been pointed out by the commentators in their notes to the WINTER'S TALE. One of the principal instances occurs in Act IV. Sc. ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 • Various
... but to every man and woman who has known of them. It is not possible that ever again can such conditions exist; but it is a duty imperative on one and all to see that they do not. Think of it! a few more boats, a few more planks of wood nailed together in a particular way at a trifling cost, and all those men and women whom the world can so ill afford to lose would be with us to-day, there would be no mourning in thousands of homes which now are desolate, and these words need ...
— The Loss of the SS. Titanic • Lawrence Beesley
... himself on his guard; their swords crossed. De Wardes flew upon Raoul with such impetuosity, that at the first clashing of the steel blades Buckingham clearly saw that Raoul was only trifling with his adversary. Buckingham stepped aside, and watched the combat. Raoul was as calm as if he were handling a foil instead of a sword; having retreated a step, he parried three or four fierce thrusts ...
— Ten Years Later • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... things have been done. I will give you safe conduct and send you on with a company of merchants and soldiers, if you will carry a message for me. Henry the Lion is delaying too long with his answer. Tell him that the time has passed for trifling." ...
— Masters of the Guild • L. Lamprey
... fell into a passion against the Christian merchant: you are very bold, said he, to tell me a story so little worth my hearing, and then to compare it with that of my jester. Can you flatter yourself so far as to believe that the trifling adventures of a young rake can make such an impression upon me as those of my jester? Well, I am resolved to hang you all four to revenge ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 1 • Anonymous


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