[ UK /fɹɪvˈɒlɪti/ ]
[ US /fɹəˈvɑɫəti/ ]
NOUN
  1. something of little value or significance
  2. the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
  3. acting like a clown or buffoon
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How To Use frivolity In A Sentence

  • They created frothy paeans to the pleasures of surface, frivolity and irresponsibility.
  • Plus the island of Delos is a short (15 min?) boat ride away, if you need to escape the frivolity of it all and see some history. Calling in favours
  • The rosettes on the hips, pompons on the tail and puffs on the leg all reflect the frivolity of the French aristocracy, and have been kept by breeders who wish to preserve the dog's historic tradition.
  • No one knows exactly when the tradition got started in St Lucia but the event is celebrated with gusto and much frivolity with activities lasting up to a week.
  • The complacent frivolity of its lavish mosaics suggests that the declining Roman empire had no apprehensions of imminent fall.
  • Entering into its emptiness, frivolity, and falsehood, with a spirit inspired by scorn and impatience, I took my revenge on this "fat," by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could. Villette
  • Inside every one of us lies a Puritan streak which abhors anything smacking of frivolity or done for the sheer joy of it.
  • Such erraticism and frivolity is very evident in the American coverage of the economy.
  • If I buy it today, will you accuse me of frivolity.
  • The complacent frivolity of its lavish mosaics suggests that the declining Roman empire had no apprehensions of imminent fall.
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