Definition of Triter

1. Adjective. (comparative of trite) ¹

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Definition of Triter

1. trite [adj] - See also: trite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triter

trisyllable
trisyllables
trit
tritactic
tritagonist
tritanol
tritanomaly
tritanopia
tritanopias
tritanopic
trite
trite law
tritely
triteness
tritenesses
triter (current term)
triternate
triterpene
triterpenes
triterpenoid
triterpenoids
trites
tritest
tritheism
tritheisms
tritheist
tritheistic
tritheistical
tritheists
tritheite

Literary usage of Triter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"... and his hosts with triter, by Manch and Wogen : Berlin, aversion both as Pagans and Slavonians. 1771.—M. See also Grimm, Deutsche •—S. Mythologie, p. ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1887)
"... may have beeu considered ornamental, just as a triter aiming at elegance to-day would strive to avoid repeating the same word or phrase in a sentence. ..."

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