a. [ L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage. ] 1. Found anywhere; common. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

The trivial round, the common task. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [ Obs. ] Skelton. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Trivialities [ Cf. F. trivialité ] 1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is trivial; a trifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a trivial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being trivial. [ 1913 Webster ]