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®

triteness
     n : unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn:
         {staleness}]