Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Trite

Trite (trīt) , adjective

[Latin tritus, past participle of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to English throw. See Throw, and compare Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]

Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.