Both Uses of
trite
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Still, to a close observer, they are just as perceptible; the difference is that their media of manifestation are less trite and familiar than such well-known ones as the bursting of the buds or the fall of the leaf.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- With the majority such an opinion is shelved with all those trite aphorisms which require some catastrophe to bring their tremendous meanings thoroughly home.†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(trite) lacking impact -- typically because it is common or overused