Trifles
51Map, Walter — (ca. 1140–ca. 1210) Walter Map was a courtier and writer, a favorite in the English court of HENRY II, whose best known work, De nugis curialium (Courtiers’ Trifles), is a witty, entertaining, and often satirical collection of miscellaneous… …
52fritter away — v. (D; tr.) to fritter away on (to fritter away one s time away on trifles) * * * [ frɪtə(r)ə weɪ] (D; tr.) to fritter away on (to fritter away one s time away on trifles) …
53quibble — I n. a minor quibble II v. (D; intr.) to quibble about, over; with (to quibble about trifles) * * * [ kwɪb(ə)l] over with (to quibble about trifles) (D; intr.) to quibble about a minor quibble …
54worry — I n. 1) to cause worry 2) deep, serious worry 3) financial worries 4) worry about, over II v. 1) (D; intr.) to worry about, over (they worry about you; I worried about them working so hard; to worry over trifles) 2) (R) it worried me that they… …
55wrought up — adj. upset wrought up over (he gets wrought up over trifles) * * * [ upset ] wrought up over (he gets wrought up over trifles) …
56Resolution — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resolution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 determination determination will Sgm: N 1 iron will iron will unconquerable will Sgm: N 1 will of one s own will of one s own decision resolution Sgm: N 1 backbone backbone …
57Unimportance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unimportance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unimportance unimportance insignificance nothingness immateriality GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 triviality triviality levity frivolity Sgm: N 2 paltriness paltriness …
58trifle — [[t]tra͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] trifles, trifling, trifled 1) PHRASE: PHR adj/adv/prep (vagueness) You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme. As a photographer, he d found both… …
59fuss — I. n. Ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, to do, pucker (colloq.), much ado about trifles or about nothing. II. v. n. 1. Bustle, be in a fidget, make much ado about trifles or about nothing, be in a stew or… …
60quiddle — I. v. n. Dawdle, waste time in trifles, be busy about trifles. II. n.; (also quiddler) Trifler, dawdler …
