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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frivolous \Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare
to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf F. frivole.]
1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight;
as a frivolous argument. --Swift.
2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly;
interested especially in trifling matters.
His personal tastes were low and frivolous.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. --
{Friv"o*lous*ly}, adv -- {Friv"o*lous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
frivolous
adj : not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous
novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
[ant: {serious}]
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