trifler Copy link • trifler: nūgātor (term of contempt; silly person): Cic. Sen. 9, 27: Gell. In same sense (homo) nugax: Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 15. Phr.: to be a mere t., multa agendo nihil agere, Phaedr. 2, 5, 3 (de ardelione): tempus in rebus minimis (minimi momenti) consumere; tempori rebus nugatoriis illudere: v. to trifle.