In the 20th century, trivia was revived becoming "trivialities, bits of information of little consequence," from the title of a popular book "More Trivia" by U.S.-born British aphorist.
The Latin trivia (tri-via) meaning "place where three roads meet" was, in transferred use, "an open place, a public place." The adjectival form, trivialis, meant "public," hence "common, commonplace."
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |