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trite

adjective noun

Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
T
Ends with
E
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
5
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/tɹaɪt/ /tɹaɪt/ /tɹaɪt/

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Definitions

adjective

  1. Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

  2. So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

noun

  1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

  2. Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

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