Crossword clues for triteness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.] Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being trite. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being trite.
WordNet
n. unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: staleness]
Usage examples of "triteness".
Only on closer view did he mark the starved fancy and beauty, the stale and prosy triteness, and the owlish gravity and grotesque claims of solid truth which reigned boresomely and overwhelmingly among most of its professors.