Definitions for frivolity

frivolity fri·vol·i·ty

Spelling: [fri-vol-i-tee]
IPA: /frɪˈvɒl ɪ ti/

Frivolity is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in frivolity (fiilortvy).

Definitions for frivolity

noun

  1. the quality or state of being frivolous:
  2. a frivolous act or thing:

Origin of frivolity

From the French word frivolité, dating back to 1790-1800. See frivolous, -ity

Examples for frivolity

This was too much for his patience, and he turned away in disgust at her frivolity.

This new translation by Adriana Hunter fully captures the elegance and frivolity of its era.

It is said that nothing is now talked of in Siena but your frivolity.

So many women are capricious, breaking into odd flaws of passion or frivolity.

No putdowns, no jokes, no frivolity whatever—he was most solemn and his eyes focused somewhere far beyond the back of my head.

This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.

She had done well to reproach him for his frivolity and want of purpose.

It celebrated the frivolity and camaraderie, pain, and pleasure that come with living with other people, even strangers.

The young were thoughtless, they had the root of evil in them, they flew into frivolity from contrariness.

Along with the frivolity, the main topic was the violent protests engulfing Egypt.

Word Value for frivolity
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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