levities

Variant of levity

levity definition

lev·ity (lev′i tē)

noun pl. levities -·ties

  1. Rare lightness of weight; buoyancy
  2. lightness or gaiety of disposition, conduct, or speech; esp., improper or unbecoming gaiety or flippancy; lack of seriousness; frivolity
  3. fickleness; instability

Etymology: OFr levité < L levitas < levis, light

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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