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triviums

triviums is the plural of trivium.

Meaning of trivium

Noun

trivium (plural triviums or trivia)

  1. (historical) The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
    • Surely some demon must possess the lad, / Who showed more wit than ever school-boy had, / And learned his Trivium thus without the rod; / But Alcuin said it was the grace of God.1873 August, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eginhard.”, in Aftermath, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields...
  2. The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Questions about triviums

What is triviums the plural of?
Triviums is the plural of trivium.

Words near triviums in the dictionary

  1. trivinylphosphines
  2. trivirga
  3. trivirgae
  4. trivirgate
  5. trivium
  6. triviums
  7. trivoltine
  8. trivoltinism
  9. trivvy
  10. triweeklies
  11. triweekly

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