The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious
discussions on mere scholastic trivialities.
Lyon Playfair.
Triv"i*al*ly (?), adv. In a trivial manner.
Triv"i*al*ness, n. Quality or state of being trivial.
||Triv"i*um (?), n. [LL. See Trivial.] 1. The three " liberal" arts,
||grammar, logic, and rhetoric; — being a triple way, as it were, to
||eloquence.
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The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven liberal arts. See
Quadrivium.