frivol

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"When you frivol, Average, I wash my hands of you.

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  1. intransitive verb To behave frivolously.

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  • I'll doublecheck on that and get back to you.Update: Pursuant to the comment below from Ricky, I went to check on frivol- -- I'd forgotten that it had a free use!
  • His other bird friends would fly and frolic and frivol about in the forests, engaged in morning games or afternoon work or seasonable activities. —  Will Type For Food
  • I'm going to 'frivol,' like the rest of the girls, in the evening--dance, and all that, you know, but I shall try to keep you among the hills, and inveigle you into long drives and walks by telling you exciting yarns that will take the place of the dissipations of business. —  A Young Girl's Wooing
  • BLOOM: (With a sour tenderish smile) A little frivol, shall we, if you are so inclined? —  Ulysses
  • In place of being sedate and sober-minded, she was frivolous to excess; she spent most of her time with women who liked to "frivol." —  The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Back-formation from frivolous.

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  1. Also frivall; from Middle English *frivol, frevol, frevel (= G. Danish Swedish frivol), from Old French frivole, frevol, French frivole = Provencal frevol, freol = Spanish frívolo = Portuguese Italian frivolo, from Latin frivolus, silly, empty, trifling, worthless.
  2. from frivol, adjective In the colloq. use recent, assumed from frivolous.
 

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/ˈfrɪvəl/
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