Emily Dickinson Lexicon

trinket (-s), n. [Origin uncertain.]

1. Small ornament; piece of jewelry.
2. Implements or tackle of an occupation; piece of equipment.

trip (-s), n. [see trip, v.]

Short journey.

trip (-ped, -ping), v. [OFr treper, strike the ground with the foot in sign of joy or of impatience, leap, dance, trample.]

1. Stumble; lose one's foothold.
2. Dance; step quickly and lightly.

triple, adj. [Fr. 'threefold'.]

Containing three items; consisting of three things combined.

triplet (-s), n. [Fr.]

Three notes played as two.

Tripoli, proper n. [Fr. < Gk treis, three + polis, town.]

Capital city of Libya; North African battle site; nineteenth-century stronghold of pirates and Turks in the Barbary States; place of American naval victory in the Mediterranean region (1801-1805); [fig.] freedom; liberty; abolishment of slavery; (see ED letters).

trite (-st), adj. [L. trītus.]

Common; ordinary; obvious; well-known.

triumph (-s), n. [OFr triumphe.] (webplay: coronation, heads, procession, victory, laurel, vanquish).

1. Among ancient Romans, a pompous ceremony performed in honor of a victorious general, originally crowned with laurel.
2. State of being victorious.
3. Victory, conquest.
4. Joy or exultation for success.

triumph (-ed), v. [OFr triumpher < L.]

1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice for victory.
2. To obtain victory.
3. To be prosperous; to flourish.

triumphant, adj. [Fr. < L.]

1. Jubilant; exultant; rousing; stirring; exhilarating; [fig.] patriotic; celebrating a military victory.
2. Joyful; confidently happy; rejoicing for victory; graced with conquest.