'Triteness' definitions:
Definition of 'triteness'
From: WordNet
noun
Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: triteness, staleness]
Definition of 'Triteness'
From: GCIDE
- Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. 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. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]