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   Trivial , a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]
   Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]
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   Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
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   As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor.
   De Quincey.
   
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   Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
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   The trivial round, the common task.
   Keble.
   
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   Of or pertaining to the trivium.
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   Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.
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   Trivial, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]
   Skelton. Wood.
   
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