The definition of a trifle is a small amount of something or is something of little importance, or a dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake, jelly and cream.
(noun)Trifle is defined as to treat someone without respect, or to waste time playing or doing silly and frivolous things.
(verb)See trifle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OFr trufle, mockery, dim. of truffe, deception
intransitive verb trifled, trifling
transitive verb
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See trifle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English trufle, trifle
Origin: , from Old French trufle, mockery
Origin: , diminutive of truffe, deception
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