'Trivial' definitions:

Definition of 'trivial'

From: WordNet
adjective
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
adjective
Of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" [syn: superficial, trivial]
adjective
Concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

Definition of 'Trivial'

From: GCIDE
  • Trivial \Triv"i*al\, 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]

Definition of 'Trivial'

From: GCIDE
  • Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.] --Skelton. Wood. [1913 Webster]