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trito

trite, hackneyed

adjective TREE-toh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: Latin tritus, past participle of terere 'to grind'

Also means

ground, minced

Usage Note

Trito has two distinct uses: as a culinary adjective it means 'minced' or 'finely chopped' (aglio trito = minced garlic), and in rhetorical contexts it means 'worn out, hackneyed' (argomenti triti e ritriti is a fixed phrase meaning 'the same old tired arguments'). The compound trito e ritrito is the most common idiomatic form.

Examples

"Il discorso era pieno di argomenti triti e ritriti."

Natural Translation

The speech was full of the same tired old arguments.

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