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trifle
(mass) | trifle
- maličkosť |
trifle
(encz) | trifle,drobnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
trifle
(encz) | trifle,maličkost |
Trifle
(gcide) | Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. t.
1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to
trifle away money. "We trifle time." --Shak.
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Trifle
(gcide) | Trifle \Tri"fle\, n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery,
raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe
truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless
object. See Truffle.]
1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or
trivial, affair.
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With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton.
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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
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Small sands the mountain, moments make year,
And frifles life. --Young.
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2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc.,
with syllabub poured over it.
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Trifle
(gcide) | Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.]
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or
trivial amusements.
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They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
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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.
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trifle
(wn) | trifle
n 1: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with
fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or
chocolate
2: a detail that is considered insignificant [syn:
technicality, trifle, triviality]
3: something of small importance [syn: triviality, trivia,
trifle, small beer]
v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn:
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
2: act frivolously [syn: frivol, trifle]
3: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She
plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally,
trifle, play] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
trifle
(mass) | trifle
- maličkosť |
trifle away
(mass) | trifle away
- premárniť |
trifle
(encz) | trifle,drobnost n: Zdeněk Brožtrifle,maličkost |
trifle away
(encz) | trifle away,promarnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
trifle with me
(encz) | trifle with me, |
trifled
(encz) | trifled,zahrával si Zdeněk Brožtrifled,zlehčoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
trifler
(encz) | trifler,neuváženě jednající osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
trifles
(encz) | trifles,maličkosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
To trifle with
(gcide) | Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.]
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or
trivial amusements.
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They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
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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.
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Trifled
(gcide) | Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.]
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or
trivial amusements.
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They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
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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.
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Trifler
(gcide) | Trifler \Tri"fler\, n.
One who trifles. --Waterland.
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a trifle
(wn) | a trifle
adv 1: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a
little better"; "a trifle smaller" [syn: a bit, {a
little}, a trifle] |
trifle
(wn) | trifle
n 1: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with
fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or
chocolate
2: a detail that is considered insignificant [syn:
technicality, trifle, triviality]
3: something of small importance [syn: triviality, trivia,
trifle, small beer]
v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn:
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
2: act frivolously [syn: frivol, trifle]
3: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She
plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally,
trifle, play] |
trifle away
(wn) | trifle away
v 1: spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" [syn: wanton,
wanton away, trifle away] |
trifler
(wn) | trifler
n 1: one who behaves lightly or not seriously |
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