frivol

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Definition of frivol

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To behave frivolously.
    ““I will act, dance, ride, frivol, talk scandal, dine out, and appropriate the legitimate captives of any woman I choose, until I d-r-r-rop, or a better woman than I puts me to shame before all Simla, — and it's dust and ashes in my mouth while I'm doing it!””
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To behave frivolously.
    ““I will act, dance, ride, frivol, talk scandal, dine out, and appropriate the legitimate captives of any woman I choose, until I d-r-r-rop, or a better woman than I puts me to shame before all Simla, — and it's dust and ashes in my mouth while I'm doing it!””
  2. (intransitive)To trifle.

noun

  1. An unserious person; a shallow person.
  2. An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity.

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Etymology

From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”).

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