TRIVIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: trivia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trivium" is a kind of...):

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

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