triteness
(ˈtraɪtnɪs)
[f. trite a. + -ness.]
The quality of being trite; commonplaceness.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Triteness, wornness, the being much worn. 1755 Johnson, Triteness, staleness; commonness. |
| 1780 Mirror No. 80 There is one class of writers to whom the charge of triteness does..very little apply. 1791–1823 D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1858) III. 63 note, Triteness and triviality are fatal to a proverb. 1910 Scott. Hist. Rev. Oct. 17 Telling his story with the triteness and circumspection of a lawyer. |