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frivolity|frɪˈvɒlɪtɪ|
[ad. F. frivolité: see frivol a. and -ity.]
1. The quality of being frivolous; disposition to trifle, frivolous behaviour, levity.
1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. VIII. 86 When frivolity and effeminacy had been..acknowledged as their national character by the good people of this kingdom. 1816Scott Antiq. xii, Musing upon the frivolity of mortal pursuits. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Exper. Wks. (Bohn) I. 189 A preoccupied attention is the only answer to the importunate frivolity of other people.
2. A frivolous act or thing.
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. iii, Mr. Nickleby glanced at these frivolities with great contempt. 1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. II. 625/1 Pithy maxims of conduct..entering into the lowest details and frivolities. |