frivoln.²

Brit.

/ˈfrɪvl/, U.S.

/ˈfrɪv(ə)l/

Etymology: Back-formation < frivolous adj.; compare frivol v.²

colloquial.

Something frivolous, (an instance of) frivolity; a frivolous or light-hearted event, etc. (esp. a literary or cinematographic production); also, a frivolous person.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > frivolous

frivol1903

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types

début1751

vehicle1785

benefit1802

showpiece1810

ticket-night1812

yatra1827

command1839

lollipopa1849

party piece1851

roadshow1874

one-night stand1878

stand1878

one-man show1879

small1886

command performance1897

ticket benefit1898

frivol1903

run-through1905

pre-production1906

riot1909

one-nighter1916

gala performance1932

improv1953

warm-up1958

workshopping1966

impro1979

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

fribbling1654

frivolism1778

featherweight1812

frivolitya1832

fandangle1835

frivol1903

tiddlywinks1919

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types

romantic comedy1748

epic1785

pre-release1871

foreign film1899

frivol1903

dramedy1905

film loop1906

first run1910

detective film1911

colour film1912

news film1912

topical1912

cinemicrograph1913

scenic1913

sport1913

newsreel1914

serial1914

sex comedy1915

war picture1915

telefilm1919

comic1920

true crime1923

art house1925

quickie1926

turkey1927

two-reeler1928

smellie1929

disaster film1930

musical1930

feelie1931

sticky1934

action comedy1936

quota quickie1936

re-release1936

screwball comedy1937

telemovie1937

pickup1939

video film1939

actioner1940

space opera1941

telepic1944

biopic1947

kinescope1949

TV movie1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

deepie1953

misterioso1953

film noir1956

policier1956

psychodrama1956

free film1958

prequel1958

co-production1959

glossy1960

sexploiter1960

sci-fier1961

tie-in1962

chanchada1963

romcom1963

wuxia1963

chick flick1964

showreel1964

mockumentary1965

sword-and-sandal1965

schlockbuster1966

mondo1967

peplum1968

thriller1968

whydunit1968

schlocker1969

buddy-buddy movie1972

buddy-buddy film1974

buddy film1974

science-fictioner1974

screwball1974

buddy movie1975

slasher movie1975

swashbuckler1975

filmi1976

triptych1976

autobiopic1977

Britcom1977

kidflick1977

noir1977

bodice-ripper1979

chopsocky1981

date movie1983

kaiju eiga1984

screener1986

neo-noir1987

indie1990

bromance2001

hack-and-slash2002

mumblecore2005

dark fantasy2007

hack-and-slay2007

gorefest2012

kidult-

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

pickstraw1580

Jack with the feather1581

fiddler1591

fribble1610

trifler1612

fribbler1712

toyer1814

frivolist1884

namby-pamby1885

frivoller1889

footler1891

frivol1959

1903 ‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-hunters 52 It was only a frivol at first. But a rolling frivol gathers much metaphorical moss en route.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby iii. 55 The visitors were so eager for the frivol that they arrived before schedule time.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 422 A little frivol, shall we, if you are so inclined?

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Sept. 546/1 This is quite alien to a composer such as Ives and might lead one, at first, to dismiss Thomson as a rather tiresome frivol.

1971 E. Mavor Ladies of Llangollen v. 96 Miss Cornwallis..despises the frivols of society, loves retirement and books.

1983 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. vi. 78/2 Pass then to the hoyden shops of the King's Road, where side streets of houses with poets' plaques on them may atone for frivol.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† frivoladj.n.¹

Forms: Middle English frewall, frewill, Middle English–1500s frewell, frewoll, Middle English–1500s frivole, 1600s frivoll, fryvol(l)e, 1500s frevol(l, fruell, 1600s frival(l.

Etymology: < French frivole, < Latin frīvolus : see frivolous adj.

Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

A. adj.

1. Fickle, unreliable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]

unsicker?c1225

uncertaina1382

unsadc1384

untristya1387

untrustya1387

unsurec1412

falliblec1425

slipperc1430

ficklea1450

frivol1488

slidder?a1500

casuala1535

slippery1548

slippy1548

failable1561

doubtful1562

lubricious1584

slope1587

queasy1589

unconfirmedc1592

nice1598

catching1603

loose1603

precary1606

ambiguous1612

treacherous1612

unsafe1615

unsureda1616

precarious1626

lubric1631

dubious1635

lubricous1646

unestablished1646

unfixed1654

unsecure?a1685

unreliable1810

unproven1836

untrustworthy1846

shady1848

wobbly1877

Kaffir1899

independable1921

dodgy1961

temperamental1962

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 646 The obserwance, Quhilk langis luff and all his frewill [v.r. freuoll] chance.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 144 Frewill [v.r. freuoll] fortoun thus brocht him in the suar.

2. Frivolous, of little account, paltry, trumpery, flimsy, absurd. (In quot. 1894 merely a nonce-use.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial

frivol1492

fustian1523

triflinga1538

tirlery1546

trumpery1576

mockado1577

skipjack1597

flashy1598

trifle1607

fripperya1625

bagatelle1637

fingle-fangled1651

tawdry1696

sauntering1726

gimcrack1751

folderol1820

tin1886

shicec1890

cotton candy1951

candyfloss1957

1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 246/1 Nain vther frewell exceptioune.

1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) B iij Whiche all ben but fryvole excuses.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 974 in Shorter Poems (1967) 64 My frewel [1579 Edinb. friwoll] accion.

1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlii. 883 Thair friuole foches to repeit.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 134 I did (to shift him with some contentment) Make such a frivall promise.

1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert II in Regiam Majestatem 49 The saidis frivoll and dilatour exceptions being omitted.

1894 Sat. Rev. 9 June 615/2 That wearyful transition from the novel simply frivol to the novel frivol-philosophic.]

B. n.¹

A frivolous thing, a trifle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial

gewgaw?c1225

frivolc1450

whim-whama1529

jim-jamc1540

trickc1550

flamfew1574

ribaldry1594

bubble1598

kickshawa1616

fairy money1616

foolation1628

fingle-fanglea1652

trangama1658

tinsel1660

gingerbread1664

finnimbrun1676

gimcrack1676

knacka1677

tawdrum1680

knick-knack1682

trantlum1768

knick-knacket1793

folderol1820

jigamaree1824

novelty1840

fool's gold1870

flapdoodle1877

fal-lal1902

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxvii. 97 Wiþouten þe all þinges are friuoles.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xii. 44 Put out of your ymaginacyon suche casuall fryuolles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† frivolv.¹

Etymology: < frivol adj.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To declare frivolous; to quash, set aside.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal proceedings [verb (transitive)] > declare frivolous

frivol1533

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 45 Gif thir jugis frivole his appellacioun, and convict him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

frivolv.²

Brit.

/ˈfrɪvl/, U.S.

/ˈfrɪv(ə)l/

Forms: Also frivel, frivvle.

Etymology: Back-formation < frivolous adj.

Not in dignified use.

intransitive. To behave frivolously, to trifle. Also, to frivol away (money, time): to spend foolishly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]

forspendc893

scatter1154

dispend1303

waste1340

misspendc1390

miswastec1400

consumec1425

waste1474

profund1527

lasha1535

prodige1538

lavish1542

to play away1562

riot1566

embezzle1578

dilapidate1590

squander1593

confound1598

to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600

prodigalize1611

profuse1611

squander1611

paddle1616

bezzle1617

to run out of ——1622

to piss away1628

prodigal1628

decoct1629

to bangle (away)1632

debauch1632

deboise1632

to fribble away1633

to fool out1635

to run outa1640

to fiddle away1667

slattera1681

dissipate1682

to play off1693

duck-and-drake1700

liquidate1702

sparkle away1703

waster1821

befool1861

to frivol away1866

to play (at) duck and drake with1872

to fling away1873

mislive1887

slather1904

mucker1928

profligate1938

peter1956

spaff2002

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)]

to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall1540

lavish1542

melt1607

to piss away1628

unbowel1647

tap1712

sport1785

waster1821

blue1846

spree1859

to frivol away1866

blow1874

bust1878

skittle1883

to blow in1886

burst1892

bang1897

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > behave in unimportant way > behave frivolously

fribble1640

frivol1866

1866 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life iv, in Our Young People Apr. 218 They will come, and frivel about the gates, without ever once entering in.

1883 Black in Illustr. London News 251 If you want to frivvle..I shut my door on you.

1885 L. Wingfield Barbara Philpot II. v. 152 Had he not drawn 5,000l. a year..which his Duchess frivolled away?

Derivatives

ˈfrivolling n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting

loitering1362

triflinga1382

dalliance1567

piddling1580

baubling1608

idlement1622

concessation1623

paddling1642

sauntering1680

puddling1695

dawdle1813

dawdling1819

puttering1835

pottering1844

peddling1851

tiddlywinking1869

loiter1876

frivolling1882

potter1897

muckings1898

futzing1907

piffling1914

fucking1931

monkeying1932

muck-about1968

twatting1989

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity

holidayc1450

wantonizing1599

peddling1613

poking1748

pottering1826

poky1828

piffling1848

puttering1855

footering1859

tiddlywinking1869

frivolling1882

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness

nugationc1450

nugacity1593

fiddling1622

frivolousnessa1631

nugality1676

futility1692

futileness1727

flippancy1746

frivolity1796

nugatoriness1853

frippery1855

fiddle1874

fribble1881

frivolling1882

fribblery1889

trifledom1903

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

frivolous?1563

lusorious1619

lusory1653

fribbling1654

fribblish1768

fribble1798

nidgetty1798

lightweight1809

fidfad1830

frivolling1882

footling1888

1882 Tales Mod. Oxf. vii. 183 So between cricket and boating and frivoling at the vicarage, the sunny summer days sped along.

1883 Athenæum 31 Mar. 405/3 We fear that very little confidence could be felt in the frivolling princes of Simla.

ˈfrivoller n. one who ‘frivols’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who

musardc1330

tifflerc1535

dalliera1568

pingler1578

puddlera1585

wag-wanton1601

fiddle-faddle1602

piddler1602

pedlara1625

potterer1837

frivolist1884

frivoller1889

tiddlywinker1893

muck-about1933

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

pickstraw1580

Jack with the feather1581

fiddler1591

fribble1610

trifler1612

fribbler1712

toyer1814

frivolist1884

namby-pamby1885

frivoller1889

footler1891

frivol1959

1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison II. iv. xxxii. 268 I am a born trifler—a flâneur—a ‘frivoller’, as we call it in our modern slang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.²1903

adj.n.¹c1450

v.¹1533

v.²1866

单词	frivol
释义	frivoln.² Brit. /ˈfrɪvl/, U.S. /ˈfrɪv(ə)l/ Etymology: Back-formation < frivolous adj.; compare frivol v.² colloquial. Something frivolous, (an instance of) frivolity; a frivolous or light-hearted event, etc. (esp. a literary or cinematographic production); also, a frivolous person. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > frivolous frivol1903 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types début1751 vehicle1785 benefit1802 showpiece1810 ticket-night1812 yatra1827 command1839 lollipopa1849 party piece1851 roadshow1874 one-night stand1878 stand1878 one-man show1879 small1886 command performance1897 ticket benefit1898 frivol1903 run-through1905 pre-production1906 riot1909 one-nighter1916 gala performance1932 improv1953 warm-up1958 workshopping1966 impro1979 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious fribbling1654 frivolism1778 featherweight1812 frivolitya1832 fandangle1835 frivol1903 tiddlywinks1919 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types romantic comedy1748 epic1785 pre-release1871 foreign film1899 frivol1903 dramedy1905 film loop1906 first run1910 detective film1911 colour film1912 news film1912 topical1912 cinemicrograph1913 scenic1913 sport1913 newsreel1914 serial1914 sex comedy1915 war picture1915 telefilm1919 comic1920 true crime1923 art house1925 quickie1926 turkey1927 two-reeler1928 smellie1929 disaster film1930 musical1930 feelie1931 sticky1934 action comedy1936 quota quickie1936 re-release1936 screwball comedy1937 telemovie1937 pickup1939 video film1939 actioner1940 space opera1941 telepic1944 biopic1947 kinescope1949 TV movie1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 deepie1953 misterioso1953 film noir1956 policier1956 psychodrama1956 free film1958 prequel1958 co-production1959 glossy1960 sexploiter1960 sci-fier1961 tie-in1962 chanchada1963 romcom1963 wuxia1963 chick flick1964 showreel1964 mockumentary1965 sword-and-sandal1965 schlockbuster1966 mondo1967 peplum1968 thriller1968 whydunit1968 schlocker1969 buddy-buddy movie1972 buddy-buddy film1974 buddy film1974 science-fictioner1974 screwball1974 buddy movie1975 slasher movie1975 swashbuckler1975 filmi1976 triptych1976 autobiopic1977 Britcom1977 kidflick1977 noir1977 bodice-ripper1979 chopsocky1981 date movie1983 kaiju eiga1984 screener1986 neo-noir1987 indie1990 bromance2001 hack-and-slash2002 mumblecore2005 dark fantasy2007 hack-and-slay2007 gorefest2012 kidult- the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious pickstraw1580 Jack with the feather1581 fiddler1591 fribble1610 trifler1612 fribbler1712 toyer1814 frivolist1884 namby-pamby1885 frivoller1889 footler1891 frivol1959 1903 ‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-hunters 52 It was only a frivol at first. But a rolling frivol gathers much metaphorical moss en route. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby iii. 55 The visitors were so eager for the frivol that they arrived before schedule time. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 422 A little frivol, shall we, if you are so inclined? 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Sept. 546/1 This is quite alien to a composer such as Ives and might lead one, at first, to dismiss Thomson as a rather tiresome frivol. 1971 E. Mavor Ladies of Llangollen v. 96 Miss Cornwallis..despises the frivols of society, loves retirement and books. 1983 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. vi. 78/2 Pass then to the hoyden shops of the King's Road, where side streets of houses with poets' plaques on them may atone for frivol. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † frivoladj.n.¹ Forms: Middle English frewall, frewill, Middle English–1500s frewell, frewoll, Middle English–1500s frivole, 1600s frivoll, fryvol(l)e, 1500s frevol(l, fruell, 1600s frival(l. Etymology: < French frivole, < Latin frīvolus : see frivolous adj. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Fickle, unreliable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 646 The obserwance, Quhilk langis luff and all his frewill [v.r. freuoll] chance. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 144 Frewill [v.r. freuoll] fortoun thus brocht him in the suar. 2. Frivolous, of little account, paltry, trumpery, flimsy, absurd. (In quot. 1894 merely a nonce-use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial frivol1492 fustian1523 triflinga1538 tirlery1546 trumpery1576 mockado1577 skipjack1597 flashy1598 trifle1607 fripperya1625 bagatelle1637 fingle-fangled1651 tawdry1696 sauntering1726 gimcrack1751 folderol1820 tin1886 shicec1890 cotton candy1951 candyfloss1957 1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 246/1 Nain vther frewell exceptioune. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) B iij Whiche all ben but fryvole excuses. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 974 in Shorter Poems (1967) 64 My frewel [1579 Edinb. friwoll] accion. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlii. 883 Thair friuole foches to repeit. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 134 I did (to shift him with some contentment) Make such a frivall promise. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert II in Regiam Majestatem 49 The saidis frivoll and dilatour exceptions being omitted. 1894 Sat. Rev. 9 June 615/2 That wearyful transition from the novel simply frivol to the novel frivol-philosophic.] B. n.¹ A frivolous thing, a trifle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial gewgaw?c1225 frivolc1450 whim-whama1529 jim-jamc1540 trickc1550 flamfew1574 ribaldry1594 bubble1598 kickshawa1616 fairy money1616 foolation1628 fingle-fanglea1652 trangama1658 tinsel1660 gingerbread1664 finnimbrun1676 gimcrack1676 knacka1677 tawdrum1680 knick-knack1682 trantlum1768 knick-knacket1793 folderol1820 jigamaree1824 novelty1840 fool's gold1870 flapdoodle1877 fal-lal1902 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxvii. 97 Wiþouten þe all þinges are friuoles. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xii. 44 Put out of your ymaginacyon suche casuall fryuolles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † frivolv.¹ Etymology: < frivol adj. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To declare frivolous; to quash, set aside. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal proceedings [verb (transitive)] > declare frivolous frivol1533 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 45 Gif thir jugis frivole his appellacioun, and convict him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). frivolv.² Brit. /ˈfrɪvl/, U.S. /ˈfrɪv(ə)l/ Forms: Also frivel, frivvle. Etymology: Back-formation < frivolous adj. Not in dignified use. intransitive. To behave frivolously, to trifle. Also, to frivol away (money, time): to spend foolishly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall1540 lavish1542 melt1607 to piss away1628 unbowel1647 tap1712 sport1785 waster1821 blue1846 spree1859 to frivol away1866 blow1874 bust1878 skittle1883 to blow in1886 burst1892 bang1897 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > behave in unimportant way > behave frivolously fribble1640 frivol1866 1866 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life iv, in Our Young People Apr. 218 They will come, and frivel about the gates, without ever once entering in. 1883 Black in Illustr. London News 251 If you want to frivvle..I shut my door on you. 1885 L. Wingfield Barbara Philpot II. v. 152 Had he not drawn 5,000l. a year..which his Duchess frivolled away? Derivatives ˈfrivolling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity holidayc1450 wantonizing1599 peddling1613 poking1748 pottering1826 poky1828 piffling1848 puttering1855 footering1859 tiddlywinking1869 frivolling1882 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness nugationc1450 nugacity1593 fiddling1622 frivolousnessa1631 nugality1676 futility1692 futileness1727 flippancy1746 frivolity1796 nugatoriness1853 frippery1855 fiddle1874 fribble1881 frivolling1882 fribblery1889 trifledom1903 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious frivolous?1563 lusorious1619 lusory1653 fribbling1654 fribblish1768 fribble1798 nidgetty1798 lightweight1809 fidfad1830 frivolling1882 footling1888 1882 Tales Mod. Oxf. vii. 183 So between cricket and boating and frivoling at the vicarage, the sunny summer days sped along. 1883 Athenæum 31 Mar. 405/3 We fear that very little confidence could be felt in the frivolling princes of Simla. ˈfrivoller n. one who ‘frivols’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who musardc1330 tifflerc1535 dalliera1568 pingler1578 puddlera1585 wag-wanton1601 fiddle-faddle1602 piddler1602 pedlara1625 potterer1837 frivolist1884 frivoller1889 tiddlywinker1893 muck-about1933 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious pickstraw1580 Jack with the feather1581 fiddler1591 fribble1610 trifler1612 fribbler1712 toyer1814 frivolist1884 namby-pamby1885 frivoller1889 footler1891 frivol1959 1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison II. iv. xxxii. 268 I am a born trifler—a flâneur—a ‘frivoller’, as we call it in our modern slang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1903adj.n.¹c1450v.¹1533v.²1866
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