via- [-vey, -voy-]
(Latin: way, road, path)
trivialness
1. Insignificant or non-essential matters; trifles: Too often there are politicians who explain matters that consist more of trivia than of clarifying statements.
2. In the Middle Ages, there were three roads leading to learning and forming the lower division to the liberal arts: In school, James learned that trivium, or trivia, was used to describe the grammar, the rhetoric, and the logic of the Latin language.
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2. In the Middle Ages, there were three roads leading to learning and forming the lower division to the liberal arts: In school, James learned that trivium, or trivia, was used to describe the grammar, the rhetoric, and the logic of the Latin language.
The use of the plural form of trivia as a singular noun is usually considered to be acceptable.
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via (preposition)
1. By going through or by way of a particular place: Dan flew to Los Angeles from France via New York.
2. By means of a machine, a person, etc.: Jane will send Mark more information via electronic mail.
3. Etymology: from Latin, via, "way, road; channel, course".
2. By means of a machine, a person, etc.: Jane will send Mark more information via electronic mail.
3. Etymology: from Latin, via, "way, road; channel, course".
Routes or Roman roads.
viaduct
1. An elevated structure, consisting of a series of arches or spans, by means of which a railway or road is carried over a valley, road, river, or marshy low-lying ground.
2. Etymology: from Latin via, "way, road" + -duct "a leading, a conducting", past participle of ducere, "to lead".
2. Etymology: from Latin via, "way, road" + -duct "a leading, a conducting", past participle of ducere, "to lead".
viatic (adjective), more viatic, most viatic
Pertaining to a road, a journey, or traveling: People are more viatic during the summer because that is when they gp on vacations.
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viatical (adjective), more viatical, most viatical
Supplies that are provided for a trip or traveling: Mike Thomas made sure that his family had all of the viaticathat were necessary for their camping trip in the mountains.
People who travel or are wayfarers; especially, by walking: There are viatores who spend much of their time walking in the national parks so they can enjoy more of nature.
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A long journey to a distant place or to a foreign destination; especially, by sea.
A woodsman, boatman, or a guide who is employed by a fur company to transport goods and supplies between remote stations in Canada or the U.S. Northwest.
