Trivial
Trivial , adjective
[Latin trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, from trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: compare French trivial. See Voyage.]
1.
Found anywhere; common. [Obsolete]
2.
Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor.
3.
Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
The trivial round, the common task.
4.
Of or pertaining to the trivium.
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Trivial name (Nat. Hist.) , the specific name.
Trivial , noun
One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obsolete] — Skelton. Wood