trifle
[ trahy-fuhl ]
/ ˈtraɪ fəl /
noun
verb (used without object), tri·fled, tri·fling.
verb (used with object), tri·fled, tri·fling.
to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously (usually followed by away).
Origin of trifle
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English
tru(
f)
fle idle talk, deceit < Old French, variant of
truf(
f)
e mockery, deceit; (v.) Middle English
treoflen to mock < Old French
trufler to make sport of
OTHER WORDS FROM trifle
tri·fler, nounWords nearby trifle
Example sentences from the Web for trifle
British Dictionary definitions for trifle
trifle
/ (ˈtraɪfəl) /
noun
verb
(intr usually foll by with)
to deal (with) as if worthless; dally
to trifle with a person's affections
to waste (time) frivolously
Derived forms of trifle
trifler, nounWord Origin for trifle
C13: from Old French
trufle mockery, from
trufler to cheat