Trifle
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Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit’, of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive’.
wiktionary
From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle(“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe(“deception”), of uncertain origin.
etymonline
trifle (n.)
c. 1200, trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (c. 1300), from Old French trufle "mockery," diminutive of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin. As a type of light confection from 1755.
trifle (v.)
"treat lightly," 1520s, from trifle (n.). Earlier "cheat, mock" (c. 1300). Related: Trifled; trifling.
