TRIVIAL. Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4237. See Hopk. R. 112; 4 John. Ch. 183; 4 Paige, 364.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Trivial \Triv"i*al\, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]

1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]

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2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. [1913 Webster]

As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. [1913 Webster]

The trivial round, the common task. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. [1913 Webster]

Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]

--Skelton. Wood. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

trivial adj
1: (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune]
2: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose" [syn: banal, commonplace]
3: of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" [syn: superficial]
4: concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
5: not large enough to consider or notice [syn: insignificant]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Trivial \Triv"i*al\, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]

1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.

As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. --De Quincey.

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.

The trivial round, the common task. --Keble.

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.

Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]

--Skelton. Wood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)