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Definition of Frivolousness
1. Noun. The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible.
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Giddiness, Silliness, Levity, Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Frivolous, Frivolous
Antonyms: Seriousness
Definition of Frivolousness
1. Noun. The quality of being frivolous; frivolity ¹
2. Noun. The result of being frivolous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frivolousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frivolousness
Literary usage of Frivolousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"... то CIRCUIT COURT —frivolousness OF FEDERAL QUESTION. The contention that
merchandise coming into the United States from the Canal Zone in the Isthmus of ..."
2. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"... away the whole population.5 That of the New Forest, though undoubtedly less
calamitous in its effects, seems even more monstrous from the frivolousness ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of by George Caines, William G. Banks, New York (State). Supreme Court (1860)
"Wright. and it was also, at another day, in this same suit determined, that if
the notice of motion specify it will be grounded on the frivolousness of the ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Levity, puerility, trifling, triviality, frivolousness, folly, ... frivolousness, я.
See FRIVOLITY. Frizzle, va Curl, crisp, frieze, frizz. ..."
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