triticaladj.
/ˈtrɪtɪkəl/ Of a trite or commonplace character.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace
quotidian1430
trite1548
beaten1587
trivial1589
threadbare1598
protrite1604
prose1606
commonplace1616
everyday1628
prostitute1631
prosaical1699
tritical1709
prosaic1729
tritish1779
hack1821
rum-ti-tum1832
unspecial1838
banal1840
commonplacish1847
prosy1849
inventionless1887
thread-worn1888
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > trite or banal
quotidian1430
trite1548
protrite1604
obvious1617
unbravea1681
prosaical1699
tritical1709
prosaic1729
hack1759
unstrikinga1774
commonplace1801
prosy1837
banal1840
mundane1850
unsensational1854
bromidic1906
corn-fed1929
corn-ball1970
1709 J. Swift (title) A Tritical Essay upon the faculties of the mind.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xi. 47 'Tis all tritical, and most tritically put together.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 83 To sermonise with a tedious homily or a tritical declamation.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 10 125 To have every book of the Bible dealt with..with the same tendency to ‘tritical’ reflections.
Derivatives
tritiˈcality n.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal
tameness1530
triteness1727
triticalness1727
tritism1785
commonplaceness1808
prosiness1814
triticism1824
triticality1835
commonplace1842
commonplaceism1851
prosaicness1852
prosaism1855
hackneydom1867
prosaicalness1876
banality1878
mundanity1959
squareness1961
1835 T. Carlyle Let. 13 May in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 132 Our Ex-Chancellor has been promulgating triticalities..against the Aristocracy.
ˈtritically adv.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in a commonplace manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
stereotypically1950
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in trite or banal manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
prosingly1822
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
pedestrianly1988
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xi. 47 'Tis all tritical, and most tritically put together.
ˈtriticalness n.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal
tameness1530
triteness1727
triticalness1727
tritism1785
commonplaceness1808
prosiness1814
triticism1824
triticality1835
commonplace1842
commonplaceism1851
prosaicness1852
prosaism1855
hackneydom1867
prosaicalness1876
banality1878
mundanity1959
squareness1961
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 29 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. A Triticalness or Mediocrity in the Thought.
ˈtriticism n. [after criticism n.; compare also witticism n.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal
tameness1530
triteness1727
triticalness1727
tritism1785
commonplaceness1808
prosiness1814
triticism1824
triticality1835
commonplace1842
commonplaceism1851
prosaicness1852
prosaism1855
hackneydom1867
prosaicalness1876
banality1878
mundanity1959
squareness1961
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 278 Weary, flat, and stale triticism.
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