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trivium
- /ˈtɹɪviəm/
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PIE word
*tréyes
Borrowed from Latin trivium.
noun triviums · trivia
- The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Surely some demon must possess the lad, / Who showed more wit than ever school-boy had, / And learned his Trivium thus without the rod; / But Alcuin said it was the grace of God.
- The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.
- Singular of trivia; anything of little importance. […] question of sympathy or antipathy sometimes evoked by a trivium; and in the category of trivia many learned and responsible individuals include Motion Pictures. Only they are not so trivial if we consider the power of feeling evoked by Motion Pictures, and the number of movie-goers.
Talk about this word "trivium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trivium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trivium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trivium "trivium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trivium.Cite this
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