English English Dictionary

Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands.

Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

Having three pipes.

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

of Trifle

One who trifles.

of Trifle

Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.

Alt. of Triflorous

Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

A concurrence of three waves.

Alt. of Trifoliated

Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.

Having three leaflets.

A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.

Sweet trefoil.