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frivolent

frivolent adjective: frivolous, trifling, silly.

Adjective

frivolent (comparative more frivolent, superlative most frivolent)

  1. (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly
    • "This was an unnecessary and frivolent post that did not contain any reason or logic." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.ultima.series/msg/4dd74e0205254b64
    • "You're beginning to annoy me with frivolent and useless theoretical arguments. " — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips/msg/e4d760b0a4bf5722

Forms of frivolent

comparativemore frivolent
superlativemost frivolent

Origin of frivolent

Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent.

Questions about frivolent

What does frivolent mean?
Frivolent means frivolous, trifling, silly.
What part of speech is frivolent?
Frivolent is an adjective.

Words near frivolent in the dictionary

  1. Friulian
  2. Friulians
  3. frivilous
  4. frivol
  5. frivoled
  6. frivolent
  7. frivoler
  8. frivolers
  9. frivoling
  10. frivolism
  11. frivolisms

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