Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trite \Trite\, a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear
   out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf.
   {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
   Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
   novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
   trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

trite
     adj : repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
           sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
           "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
           threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom";
           "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: {banal}, {commonplace},
            {hackneyed}, {old-hat}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare},
            {timeworn}, {tired}, {well-worn}]