Synonyms for trivia

Grammar : Noun

Spell : triv-ee-uh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪv i ə

Définition of trivia

Origin : "trivialities, things of little consequence," 1902, popularized as title of a book by L.P. Smith, from Latin trivia, plural of trivium "place where three roads meet," in transferred use, "an open place, a public place" (see trivial). The sense connection is "public," hence "common, commonplace."

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Example sentences :

Now they draw nigh the groves of Trivia and the roof of gold.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

A library of trivia, museum of curiosa, sideshow of freaks, and shrine of greatness.
Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan

The best description of London about this time is certainly Gay's "Trivia."
Extract from : « London » by Walter Besant

Graphic pictures of the manners of coachmen may be found in Gay's Trivia, ii.
Extract from : « The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers » by Various

We have so much capacity that the trivia expands to fill it.
Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow

If you have Trivia, and if you have time, will you humor your niece so far as to look at it?
Extract from : « Maria Edgeworth » by Helen Zimmern

He will go on calling an elevator a lift, and he will never write an American "Trivia."
Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley

The dangers of the streets at the beginning of the eighteenth century are described in Gay's "Trivia," iii.
Extract from : « The Tatler, Volume 3 » by Various

This evening my father has been reading out Gay's Trivia, to our great entertainment.
Extract from : « Maria Edgeworth » by Helen Zimmern

Gay, in his Trivia, describes Milford Lane so faithfully that it might pass for a yesterdays sketch of the same place.
Extract from : « Haunted London » by Walter Thornbury

Antonyms for trivia

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