triviata

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noun

A collection of trivia; a list of trivial information.

OriginItalian traviata →
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Meanings

nountriviata (plural triviata)
  1. rareA collection of trivia; a list of trivial information.

    I am writing this conclusion to my season's 'Triviata' on the Monday before Puncheston—by the calendar the 24th of April.

    1877, Maurice O'Connor Morris, Triviata, or Crossroad Chronicles of Passages in Irish Hunting History: During the Season of 1875-76, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 374
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    Reddy, lost in his detailed numbers and triviata, is now dreamily listing the trains that can take you away from Bhusaval to any part of India that you wish.

    1999, C.Y. Gopinath, Travels with the Fish, →ISBN, page 72

    This is not a reference book about everything Jewish.[…] It is not a joke book, a cookbook, a history book, biographies, or a triviata.

    2001, Marnie Winston-Macauley, A Little Joy, A Little Oy, →ISBN, page xvi

Origin

  1. Italiantraviata“led astray”
  2. Englishtriviata

From trivia, perhaps with a Latin nominalizing suffix -ata or -ta, or by analogy to Italian traviata (“led astray”).

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APA

triviata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviata

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“triviata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviata. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triviata,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triviata.

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