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trifling
(encz) | trifling,bezvýznamný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Trifling
(gcide) | Trifling \Tri"fling\, a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. --
Tri"fling*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] Trifloral |
Trifling
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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trifling
(wn) | trifling
adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too
paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts";
"a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry,
trifling]
n 1: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of
working [syn: dalliance, dawdling, trifling] |
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Trifling
(gcide) | Trifling \Tri"fling\, a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. --
Tri"fling*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] TrifloralTrifle \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.
[1913 Webster]
They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
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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Triflingly
(gcide) | Trifling \Tri"fling\, a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. --
Tri"fling*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] Trifloral |
Triflingness
(gcide) | Trifling \Tri"fling\, a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. --
Tri"fling*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] Trifloral |
Untrifling
(gcide) | Untrifling \Untrifling\
See trifling. |
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