n. [ OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle. ]
With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Small sands the mountain, moments make year,
And frifles life. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i.
They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
To trifle with,
n. One who trifles. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry;
n. [ Pref. tri- + fluctuation. ] A concurrence of three waves. [ Obs. ] “A trifluctuation of evils.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]