Trifle

Tri´fle

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

With such poor trifles playing.

- Drayton.

Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ.

- Shak.

Small sands the mountain, moments make year,
And frifles life.

- Young.

A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

v. i.

To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

[imp. & p. p. Trifled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling .]

They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.

- Hooker.

To trifle with
to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.

v. t.

To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

Noun	1.	trifle - jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
	2.	trifle - a detail that is considered insignificant Synonyms: technicality, triviality
	3.	trifle - something of small importance Synonyms: small beer, trivia, triviality
Verb	1.	trifle - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away
	2.	trifle - act frivolously Synonyms: frivol
	3.	trifle - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" Synonyms: dally, play

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