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tri·fler

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triflernoun

    one who behaves lightly or not seriously

Wiktionary

  1. triflernoun

    a pewterer, who produced small pewter utensils, like saltcellars.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Triflernoun

    One who acts with levity; one that talks with folly.

    Etymology: trifelaar, Dutch.

    A man cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more triflers, whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions; the other by taking the best parts out of divers faces to make one excellent. Francis Bacon.

    Shall I, who can enchant the boist’rous deep,
    Bid Boreas halt, make hills and forests move,
    Shall I be baffled by this trifler, love. George Granville.

    As much as systematical learning is decried by some vain triflers of the age, it is the happiest way to furnish the mind with knowledge. Isaac Watts.

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  1. trifler

    A trifler is a person who is not serious, avoids responsibility, or treats significant matters lightly. They typically engage in trivial actions, things, or matters, often considered frivolous, unimportant or frivolous. The term can also be used to describe someone who deceives or manipulates others, especially in matters of love or affection.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Triflernoun

    one who trifles

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trifler in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trifler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of trifler in a Sentence

  1. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

    He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

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