Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not serious in content or attitude or behavior;
- Example: "a frivolous novel"- Example: "a frivolous remark"- Example: "a frivolous young woman"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frivolous \Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare
to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.]
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1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight;
as, a frivolous argument. --Swift.
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2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly;
interested especially in trifling matters.
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His personal tastes were low and frivolous.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. --
Friv"o*lous*ly, adv. -- Friv"o*lous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frivolous
adj 1: not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a
frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous
young woman" [ant: serious]