Frivolousness

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being frivolous. uncountable

    "I felt, as usual, my own smallness next to her, the scale of what she had achieved, the frivolousness of my own occupation in comparison, despite all she’d tried to direct me towards."

  2. 2
    the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible wordnet
  3. 3
    The result of being frivolous. countable

Synonyms

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frivolityabsentmindednessbig dealbuffoonerycarelessnessdisregard

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"I felt, as usual, my own smallness next to her, the scale of what she had achieved, the frivolousness of my own occupation in comparison, despite all she’d tried to direct me towards."

Etymology

From frivolous + -ness.

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