triteness

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triteness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

triteness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  triteness
      n 1: unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn:
           triteness, staleness]