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Frivolity

//fɹɪˈvɒlɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    frivolous act countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    acting like a clown or buffoon wordnet
  3. 3
    state of being frivolous countable, uncountable

    "The sight of their own blood in the white snow may even have been what provided the jolt to transform them from playful children recklessly delighting in the surprise of an unseasonable snowfall into a whooping army of mutineers urged on by a tiny cadre of seditious underclassmen to turn their rambunctious frivolity into stunning mischief and, with an outburst of everything untamed in them (despite regular attendance at chapel), to tumble and roll and skid down the Hill through the deep snow and commence a stupendous night out."

  4. 4
    something of little value or significance wordnet
  5. 5
    the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible wordnet

Etymology

From French frivolité.

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