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† triflous, a. Obs. rare.
Also 6 tryfelous, triflelous.
[app. f. trifle n. + -ous: cf. OF. trufous (13th c.).]
Trifling; insignificant, trivial; frivolous.
1509Bp. Fisher Fun. Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (E.E.T.S.) I. 291 Tryfelous thynges that were lytell to be regarded. 1535― Ways Perfect Relig. ibid. 384 How light, & howe triflelous a thing it is. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 43 It is a Childish and triflous thing. Ibid. 340 These races of vapours out of the Stomack, are triflous. |