Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The quality or condition of being frivolous.
- n. A frivolous act or thing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The condition or quality of being frivolous or trifling; insignificance.
- n. The act or habit of trifling; unbecoming levity of mind or disposition.
- n. Synonyms Lightness, Volatility, etc. (see levity) ; triviality, puerility, trifling. Frivolity, Frivolousness. Frivolity of character or conduct; frivolousness of an excuse, a pretext, an argument.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
WordNet 3.0
- n. acting like a clown or buffoon
- n. something of little value or significance
- n. the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
Examples
“CherriesCherries bring with them a certain frivolity, a carefree joy like hearing the far-off laughter of a child at play.”
“If women did not waste life in frivolity, men would not waste it in murder.”
“It profitably occupies that time which, if wasted in frivolity and indulgence, leads to the worst consequences; and in teaching others, a double blessing often descends upon the teacher.”
“(The apotheosis of serious newspaper doing frivolity is the FT’s ‘How To Spend It’, of course.)”
“I protest to the fact that anyone who has a problem with so much money gone to frivolity is deemed a terrorist by an arrogant politician who has no clue what it’s like tobe underprivileged.”
““You may call it frivolity, but it is indeed a festival.””
“In the other characters she was the true French girl, full of grace and a mixture of _naïveté_ and cunning, sentiment and frivolity, that is winning and _piquant_, if not satisfying.”
At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
“The ambassadors of Burkina Faso and Togo condemned what they called the "frivolity" and "selective nature" of the findings and chalenged the panel to produce solid evidence to substantiate them.”
“In perfect force there is a kind of frivolity, an airiness that can maintain itself in the air.”
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big book gre
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
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Words I can't live without!
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alasophia's list
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Tweets
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alasophia “We and our guests will gather in the main hall for a night of well-mannered frivolity.�? - Professor McGonagall, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Jun 16, 2008