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trifle

UK/ˈtɹaɪfəl/ US/ˈtraɪfʌl/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.

jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce

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verb

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3.

consider not very seriously

  • “He is trifling with her”
  • “She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania”
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Origin

From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle (“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe (“deception”), of uncertain origin.

Phrases

  • a trifle
  • Black Forest trifle
  • easy thing
  • trifle with

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