triflern.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌɪflə/,

/ˈtrʌɪfl̩ə/, U.S.

/ˈtraɪf(ə)lər/

Forms: (Middle English troiflard), triffler(e, trifflour, triflere, Middle English–1500s trifeler, Middle English–1600s tryfler, Middle English trufeler, truffilere, tryfflare, tryfelare, tryfulere, tryfuller, ( trypheler), trifulere, 1500s tryfelar, tryfullar, 1500s–1600s triffel(l)er, tryf(f)eler, 1500s– trifler.

Etymology: < Old French trufleor, -eour, -eur, nominative trufflere (beside trufeor , truffeur , etc., all 13th cent.) liar, cheat, trifler, agent-noun < truffer , truffler : see trifle v.¹ and -er suffix². Also with other suffixes: see -er suffix¹.

One who trifles.

1. A teller of feigned or idle stories, one not to be believed or taken seriously; a jester, a joker; a nonsensical speaker; a worthless fellow.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes

jangler1303

bourder1330

triflera1382

mower1440

jester?1510

dizzardc1540

patch1549

pleasant1595

fiddle1600

motleya1605

banterer1678

morosoph1693

joker1729

farceur1781

funster1788

plaisanteur1828

cut-up1843

kibitzer1925

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

brethelingc1275

filec1300

dogc1330

ribald1340

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

triflera1382

brothelc1390

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

vagrant1444

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

carrion1547

slim1548

unsel155.

pelf1551

shifterc1562

rag1566

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

nothing-worth1580

baggage1594

roly-poly1602

bash-rag1603

arrant1605

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

hilding1611

hard bargain1612

slubberdegullion1612

vauneant1621

knick-knacker1622

idle-pack1624

slabberdegullion1653

thimble-maker1654

whiffler1659

never-do-well1664

good-for-nought1671

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shabaroon1699

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

hallion1789

scamp1808

waffie1808

ne'er-do-good1814

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

good-for-nothing1847

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

toe-rag1875

rodney1877

toe-ragger1896

low-lifer1902

punk1904

lowlife1909

ringtail1916

git1939

no-hoper1944

schlub1950

piss artist1962

dead leg1964

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > false or foolish > teller of

triflera1382

gunster1699

falsehood-monger1839

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. ii. 16 As trifleres [a1425 L.V. triffleris, marg. trifeleris; that is, men of no vertu; L. nugaces] wee ben eymed of hym.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 475 Telle More of þise tryflers hou trechurly þei libbeþ?

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 742 Y miȝt tymen þo troiflardes to toilen wiþ þe erþe, Tylyen & trewliche lyven & her flech tempren!

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 118 Þe tale of a trifflour.

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 685 Tregetours, tryphelers, feyners of tales.

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 651/11 Hic nugator, trifulere.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 502/2 Tryfelar.., trufator, nugax.

1483 Cath. Angl. 395/1 A Trufeler (A. Truffilere), gerro,..nugifer, nugigerulus.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vii. f. 77* Thys felowe is a tryfullar, leude, of no truste, or reputacion.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Ii.v Gamners and trifelers, and such other iuglers.

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. L. Vives in Panoplie Epist. 399 Then Poggius the babbler, the trifler, the railer.

2. One who is not serious or earnest in what he does; one who wastes his time on trivialities; a frivolous person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

pickstraw1580

Jack with the feather1581

fiddler1591

fribble1610

trifler1612

fribbler1712

toyer1814

frivolist1884

namby-pamby1885

frivoller1889

footler1891

frivol1959

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 143 A man cannot tell whether Appelles or Albert Durer were the more trifler.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 244 Many a one will prove but a trifler in Latin or Greek, who in his mother-tongue might have appear'd to advantage.

1756 S. Johnson in W. Payne Introd. Game of Draughts Ded. sig. A2^v Triflers may find or make any Thing a Trifle.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 355 The solemn trifler with his boasted skill.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 70 At present I have no leisure for the disputes of triflers.

1833 T. B. Macaulay War Succession in Spain in Ess. (1887) 280 Harley, we believe, was a solemn trifler,—St. John a brilliant knave.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 Erudition figures him as shallow and a trifler.

3. One who works in the kind of pewter called ‘trifle’ (see trifle n. 7).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > pewter workers

pewterer1348

trifler1610

pewter maker1902

1610–11 in Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 56 It was ordered..that..the tryflers shall have for ther ware as they do delyver to the company..mettall and money and vppon the complaynt of any of those tryflers w^ch ar not so payed it is ordered that they shall have x d. a pound for ther mettall and also to be fynd.

1612–13 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 61 A meeteinge..of certen tryffeleres for the Syzeinge of wares.

1614–15 in Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 68 Triffelers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trifler
释义	triflern. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪflə/, /ˈtrʌɪfl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈtraɪf(ə)lər/ Forms: (Middle English troiflard), triffler(e, trifflour, triflere, Middle English–1500s trifeler, Middle English–1600s tryfler, Middle English trufeler, truffilere, tryfflare, tryfelare, tryfulere, tryfuller, ( trypheler), trifulere, 1500s tryfelar, tryfullar, 1500s–1600s triffel(l)er, tryf(f)eler, 1500s– trifler. Etymology: < Old French trufleor, -eour, -eur, nominative trufflere (beside trufeor , truffeur , etc., all 13th cent.) liar, cheat, trifler, agent-noun < truffer , truffler : see trifle v.¹ and -er suffix². Also with other suffixes: see -er suffix¹. One who trifles. 1. A teller of feigned or idle stories, one not to be believed or taken seriously; a jester, a joker; a nonsensical speaker; a worthless fellow. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes jangler1303 bourder1330 triflera1382 mower1440 jester?1510 dizzardc1540 patch1549 pleasant1595 fiddle1600 motleya1605 banterer1678 morosoph1693 joker1729 farceur1781 funster1788 plaisanteur1828 cut-up1843 kibitzer1925 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > false or foolish > teller of triflera1382 gunster1699 falsehood-monger1839 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. ii. 16 As trifleres [a1425 L.V. triffleris, marg. trifeleris; that is, men of no vertu; L. nugaces] wee ben eymed of hym. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 475 Telle More of þise tryflers hou trechurly þei libbeþ? c1394 P. Pl. Crede 742 Y miȝt tymen þo troiflardes to toilen wiþ þe erþe, Tylyen & trewliche lyven & her flech tempren! 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 118 Þe tale of a trifflour. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 685 Tregetours, tryphelers, feyners of tales. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 651/11 Hic nugator, trifulere. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 502/2 Tryfelar.., trufator, nugax. 1483 Cath. Angl. 395/1 A Trufeler (A. Truffilere), gerro,..nugifer, nugigerulus. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vii. f. 77* Thys felowe is a tryfullar, leude, of no truste, or reputacion. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Ii.v Gamners and trifelers, and such other iuglers. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. L. Vives in Panoplie Epist. 399 Then Poggius the babbler, the trifler, the railer. 2. One who is not serious or earnest in what he does; one who wastes his time on trivialities; a frivolous person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious pickstraw1580 Jack with the feather1581 fiddler1591 fribble1610 trifler1612 fribbler1712 toyer1814 frivolist1884 namby-pamby1885 frivoller1889 footler1891 frivol1959 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 143 A man cannot tell whether Appelles or Albert Durer were the more trifler. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 244 Many a one will prove but a trifler in Latin or Greek, who in his mother-tongue might have appear'd to advantage. 1756 S. Johnson in W. Payne Introd. Game of Draughts Ded. sig. A2^v Triflers may find or make any Thing a Trifle. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 355 The solemn trifler with his boasted skill. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 70 At present I have no leisure for the disputes of triflers. 1833 T. B. Macaulay War Succession in Spain in Ess. (1887) 280 Harley, we believe, was a solemn trifler,—St. John a brilliant knave. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 Erudition figures him as shallow and a trifler. 3. One who works in the kind of pewter called ‘trifle’ (see trifle n. 7). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > pewter workers pewterer1348 trifler1610 pewter maker1902 1610–11 in Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 56 It was ordered..that..the tryflers shall have for ther ware as they do delyver to the company..mettall and money and vppon the complaynt of any of those tryflers w^ch ar not so payed it is ordered that they shall have x d. a pound for ther mettall and also to be fynd. 1612–13 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 61 A meeteinge..of certen tryffeleres for the Syzeinge of wares. 1614–15 in Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. (1902) II. 68 Triffelers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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