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frivoling

frivoling is the present participle and gerund of frivol.

Meaning of frivol

Verb

frivol (third-person singular simple present frivols, present participle (US) frivoling or (UK) frivolling, simple past and past participle (US) frivoled or (UK) frivolled)

  1. (intransitive) To behave frivolously.
    • “I will act, dance, ride, frivol, talk scandal, dine out, and appropriate the legitimate captives of any woman I choose, until I d-r-r-rop, or a better woman than I puts me to shame before all Simla, — and it's dust and ashes in my mouth while I'm doing it!”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 20
  2. (intransitive) To trifle.

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Questions about frivoling

What is frivoling the present participle and gerund of?
Frivoling is the present participle and gerund of frivol.

Words near frivoling in the dictionary

  1. frivol
  2. frivoled
  3. frivolent
  4. frivoler
  5. frivolers
  6. frivoling
  7. frivolism
  8. frivolisms
  9. frivolist
  10. frivolists
  11. frivolities

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