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trivia

noun
/ˈtɹɪvi.ə/CA

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trēsder. Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wijā Latin via Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.

  1. derived from tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wijā Latin via Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia
  2. derived from *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trēsder✻

Definitions

  1. Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.

    • These trivia take up too much of the day.
    • This trivia takes up too much of the day.

  2. A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

    • I joined the trivia club this semester!

  3. plural of trivium

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia…

      An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.

The neighborhood

Derived

administrivia, triviaholic, triviaphile

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trivia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA