frivolousadj.

Brit.

/ˈfrɪvələs/,

/ˈfrɪvl̩əs/, U.S.

/ˈfrɪvələs/

Forms: 1500s frivolus, fryvolous(e, (1600s frivoulous), 1500s–1600s frivelous, (1500s fryvlous) 1600s frivilous, 1500s– frivolous.

Etymology: < Latin frīvolus + -ous suffix. Compare frivol adj.

a. Of little or no weight, value, or importance; paltry, trumpery; not worthy of serious attention; having no reasonable ground or purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

1549 J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. D. iiij We fynde for true hystoryes, most fryuolouse fables and lyes.

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 25 It is too frivolous and vaine to expound this worde.

1624 Ld. Kensington Let. 31 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 172 In their frivolous delayes, and in the unreasonable conditions which they propounded.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 169 His answers seeming frivolous.

c1670 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 398 The warden..did put the college to unnecessary charges, and very frivolous expences.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxix. 99 They voted his information frivolous.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 218 The other frivolous ornaments of dress and furniture.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 188 The slight and frivolous complaints unnecessarily brought before him.

1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. xxv. 280 He was arrested on a frivolous charge.

b. Law. In pleading: Manifestly insufficient or futile.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [adjective] > frivolous (of plea)

frivolous1736

1736 in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 249 The decree was affirmed most unanimously, the appeal adjudged frivolous.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 532 Unless the counter-claim is frivolous and unsubstantial.

2. Characterized by lack of seriousness, sense, or reverence; given to trifling, silly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > frivolous

unsober1542

frivolous?1563

ungrave1609

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]

idlec825

giddyc1000

volage?a1366

apec1370

foolisha1382

vain1390

idleful1483

volageous1487

glaikit1488

cock-brained1530

apish1532

empty1550

sillyc1555

frivolous?1563

tickle-headed1583

light-braineda1593

frothy1593

owlish1596

bird-witted1605

empty-headed1614

idle-headed1614

empty-pateda1628

marmosetical1630

grollish1637

feather-headed1647

nonsense1647

whirl-crowned1648

feather-brained1649

swimmering1650

soft-pated1651

weather-headeda1652

shuttlecock1660

drum-headed1664

chicken-brained1678

halokit1724

desipient1727

shatter-pated1727

scattered-brained1747

light-thoughted1777

scatter-brained1804

shandy-pated1806

hellicat1815

feather-pated1819

inane1819

weather-brained1826

bubble-headed1827

tomfoolish1838

bird-brained1892

tottle1894

fluffy1898

scatty1911

wandery1912

scattery1924

twitterpated1943

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

frivolous?1563

lusorious1619

lusory1653

fribbling1654

fribblish1768

fribble1798

nidgetty1798

lightweight1809

fidfad1830

frivolling1882

footling1888

?1563 Visct. Montagu tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. F2, Eschewyng all vayne, friuolus, and vnfruitfull thoughtes.

1579–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 101 Frivolous boyishe grammer schole trickes.

1687 A. Wood Life 21 Apr. The duke of Bucks is dead..many frivolous things extant—‘Bays’, a comedy.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋6 From reading frivolous Books, and keeping as frivolous Company.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 448 Johnson: He may be a frivolous man, and be so much occupied with petty pursuits, that he may not want friends.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. ix. 156 Lady Audley amused herself in her own frivolous fashion.

absolute.1836 R. W. Emerson Nature vi. 60 The frivolous make themselves merry with the Ideal theory, as if its consequences were burlesque.

Derivatives

ˈfrivolously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adverb]

giddilya1250

ape1509

vainly1588

emptily1591

frivolously1611

frothily1727

owlishly1846

inanely1883

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > insubstantially > frivolously

idlec1330

frivolously1611

whifflingly1668

knick-knackically1749

flimsily1787

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vainement, vainely, friuolously, to no purpose.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 448. ⁋2 The frivolously false ones.

1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 223 The bankrupt being held to be acting frivolously and vexatiously.

ˈfrivolousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun]

giddiheadc1275

giddinessa1290

lighthead1340

vanityc1386

glaikitnessa1500

idleness1535

levity1564

emptiness1577

vainness1591

frivolousnessa1631

volageness1633

grollery1637

brain-giddinessa1652

desipience1656

desipiencya1682

frothinessa1716

inanity1756

frivolity1796

unpracticalness1828

unpracticality1840

bird-wittedness1854

scattiness1959

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness

nugationc1450

nugacity1593

fiddling1622

frivolousnessa1631

nugality1676

futility1692

futileness1727

flippancy1746

frivolity1796

nugatoriness1853

frippery1855

fiddle1874

fribble1881

frivolling1882

fribblery1889

trifledom1903

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 191 If Abraham had any such doubts, of a frivolousnesse in so base a seale.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 314 To..judge of the weight or frivolousness of objections.

1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 396 This argument..has been found to have, at least, the pertinacity of faction, if it have not the frivolousness of folly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frivolous
释义	frivolousadj. Brit. /ˈfrɪvələs/, /ˈfrɪvl̩əs/, U.S. /ˈfrɪvələs/ Forms: 1500s frivolus, fryvolous(e, (1600s frivoulous), 1500s–1600s frivelous, (1500s fryvlous) 1600s frivilous, 1500s– frivolous. Etymology: < Latin frīvolus + -ous suffix. Compare frivol adj. 1. a. Of little or no weight, value, or importance; paltry, trumpery; not worthy of serious attention; having no reasonable ground or purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 1549 J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. D. iiij We fynde for true hystoryes, most fryuolouse fables and lyes. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 25 It is too frivolous and vaine to expound this worde. 1624 Ld. Kensington Let. 31 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 172 In their frivolous delayes, and in the unreasonable conditions which they propounded. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 169 His answers seeming frivolous. c1670 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 398 The warden..did put the college to unnecessary charges, and very frivolous expences. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxix. 99 They voted his information frivolous. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 218 The other frivolous ornaments of dress and furniture. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 188 The slight and frivolous complaints unnecessarily brought before him. 1871 W. H. Dixon Tower III. xxv. 280 He was arrested on a frivolous charge. b. Law. In pleading: Manifestly insufficient or futile. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [adjective] > frivolous (of plea) frivolous1736 1736 in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 249 The decree was affirmed most unanimously, the appeal adjudged frivolous. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 532 Unless the counter-claim is frivolous and unsubstantial. 2. Characterized by lack of seriousness, sense, or reverence; given to trifling, silly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > frivolous unsober1542 frivolous?1563 ungrave1609 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective] idlec825 giddyc1000 volage?a1366 apec1370 foolisha1382 vain1390 idleful1483 volageous1487 glaikit1488 cock-brained1530 apish1532 empty1550 sillyc1555 frivolous?1563 tickle-headed1583 light-braineda1593 frothy1593 owlish1596 bird-witted1605 empty-headed1614 idle-headed1614 empty-pateda1628 marmosetical1630 grollish1637 feather-headed1647 nonsense1647 whirl-crowned1648 feather-brained1649 swimmering1650 soft-pated1651 weather-headeda1652 shuttlecock1660 drum-headed1664 chicken-brained1678 halokit1724 desipient1727 shatter-pated1727 scattered-brained1747 light-thoughted1777 scatter-brained1804 shandy-pated1806 hellicat1815 feather-pated1819 inane1819 weather-brained1826 bubble-headed1827 tomfoolish1838 bird-brained1892 tottle1894 fluffy1898 scatty1911 wandery1912 scattery1924 twitterpated1943 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious frivolous?1563 lusorious1619 lusory1653 fribbling1654 fribblish1768 fribble1798 nidgetty1798 lightweight1809 fidfad1830 frivolling1882 footling1888 ?1563 Visct. Montagu tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. F2, Eschewyng all vayne, friuolus, and vnfruitfull thoughtes. 1579–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 101 Frivolous boyishe grammer schole trickes. 1687 A. Wood Life 21 Apr. The duke of Bucks is dead..many frivolous things extant—‘Bays’, a comedy. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋6 From reading frivolous Books, and keeping as frivolous Company. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 448 Johnson: He may be a frivolous man, and be so much occupied with petty pursuits, that he may not want friends. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. ix. 156 Lady Audley amused herself in her own frivolous fashion. absolute.1836 R. W. Emerson Nature vi. 60 The frivolous make themselves merry with the Ideal theory, as if its consequences were burlesque. Derivatives ˈfrivolously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adverb] giddilya1250 ape1509 vainly1588 emptily1591 frivolously1611 frothily1727 owlishly1846 inanely1883 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > insubstantially > frivolously idlec1330 frivolously1611 whifflingly1668 knick-knackically1749 flimsily1787 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vainement, vainely, friuolously, to no purpose. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 448. ⁋2 The frivolously false ones. 1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 223 The bankrupt being held to be acting frivolously and vexatiously. ˈfrivolousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun] giddiheadc1275 giddinessa1290 lighthead1340 vanityc1386 glaikitnessa1500 idleness1535 levity1564 emptiness1577 vainness1591 frivolousnessa1631 volageness1633 grollery1637 brain-giddinessa1652 desipience1656 desipiencya1682 frothinessa1716 inanity1756 frivolity1796 unpracticalness1828 unpracticality1840 bird-wittedness1854 scattiness1959 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness nugationc1450 nugacity1593 fiddling1622 frivolousnessa1631 nugality1676 futility1692 futileness1727 flippancy1746 frivolity1796 nugatoriness1853 frippery1855 fiddle1874 fribble1881 frivolling1882 fribblery1889 trifledom1903 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 191 If Abraham had any such doubts, of a frivolousnesse in so base a seale. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 314 To..judge of the weight or frivolousness of objections. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 396 This argument..has been found to have, at least, the pertinacity of faction, if it have not the frivolousness of folly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549
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