Frivolity Definition

frĭ-vŏlĭ-tē
frivolities
noun
frivolities
The quality or condition of being frivolous.
Webster's New World
A frivolous act or thing.
Webster's New World
The definition of frivolity is acting in a way that is silly or wasteful.
An example of frivolity is a company’s use of money for a company party when their sales are down and they must lay off employees.
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State of being frivolous.

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Other Word Forms of Frivolity

Noun

Singular:
frivolity
Plural:
frivolities

Origin of Frivolity

  • From French frivolité

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Frivolity Sentence Examples

  • He did not like to combine frivolity with the serious business of hunting.

  • He displays his own vanity, frivolity and futile cleverness with much unconscious humour, but, it is only fair to allow, with some literary dexterity.

  • Everyone appreciates some silliness and frivolity once in a while.

  • It was at this period that, to use his own words, he "passed per saltum from frivolity to philosophy."

  • His weak points were his wanton breaches of good faith, his extravagance, his frivolity and his self-indulgence.

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