Frivolity
[frɪ'vɒlɪtɪ]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible.
Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
Typist: Marietta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Levity, puerility, triflingness, triviality, frivolousness, folly.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- Woman's a weathercock, Full of frivolity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The little village, called into existence by the concentrating works, was of the most primitive nature and offered nothing in the way of frivolity or amusement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She felt the frivolity of pleasure and longed for more substantial benefits. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- People nowadays were too busy--busy with reforms and movements, with fads and fetishes and frivolities--to bother much about their neighbours. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She said she would give up such frivolities shortly, and I, like a fool, believed her. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Alison