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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Trifling \Tri"fling\, a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. -- Tri"fling*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Trifloral

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. [1913 Webster]

    They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]