frivolity

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frivolity

  • /fɹɪˈvɒlɪti/ UK
  • /fɹɪˈvɑlɪti/ US

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Borrowed from French frivolité.

noun frivolities

  1. countable, uncountable frivolous act
  2. countable, uncountable state of being frivolous The sight of their own blood in the white snow may even have been what provided the jolt to transform them from playful children recklessly delighting in the surprise of an unseasonable snowfall into a whooping army of mutineers urged on by a tiny cadre of seditious underclassmen to turn their rambu

Similar: frivolosity, frivolousness

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noun

Similar: frivolosity, frivolousness

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noun frivolous act

Españolfrivolidad
Portuguêsfrivolidade
Françaisfrivolité
DeutschFrivolität
Italianofrivolezza
Ελληνικάελαφρότητα elafrótita
Русскийфриво́льность frivólʹnostʹ

noun state of being frivolous

Françaisfrivolité
DeutschFrivolität, Leichtfertigkeit
Ελληνικάελαφρότητα elafrótita, κουφότητα koufótita
العربيةخِفَّة ḵiffa, رُعُونَة ruʕūna, طَيْش ṭayš

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"frivolity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/frivolity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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frivolity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/frivolity

Chicago

"frivolity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/frivolity.

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@misc{frivolity_2026,
  title = {frivolity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frivolity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}