MEANING
Lightness of behavior or interest that gives little weight to serious concerns.
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Words that belong together
- air of frivolity
- social frivolity
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An air of frivolity vanished when the telegram arrived.
She allowed herself an evening of frivolity before returning to the ward.
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- Base
- frivolity
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually mass noun; countable act singular frivolity, plural frivolities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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