🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

琐碎

Pronunciation / Transliteration: suǒsuì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Triviality/ˌtrɪv.iˈæl.ə.ti/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个问题的琐碎性显而易见。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being trivial; insignificance.

    "The triviality of the argument made it easy to dismiss."
  2. 2

    A trivial or insignificant detail.

    "He focused on the trivialities of the project rather than the main objectives."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'trivialite', originating from Latin 'trivialitas', stemming from 'trivialis' meaning 'common or commonplace'. Historically rooted in the medieval educational system where the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) constituted the lower division of the seven liberal arts, gradually shifting to mean something of little importance or value.

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