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frivolism

frivolism noun: frivolity.

Noun

frivolism (countable and uncountable, plural frivolisms)

  1. (archaic) frivolity
    • I am almost ashamed to mention our enormous excesses—that riot and debauchery, that effeminacy and frivolism[…]1815, Samuel Clapham, “A Fast Sermon (preached in 1793 by Dr. Scott)”, in Sermons

Forms of frivolism

pluralfrivolisms

Questions about frivolism

What does frivolism mean?
Frivolism means frivolity.
What part of speech is frivolism?
Frivolism is a noun.
What is the plural of frivolism?
The plural of frivolism is frivolisms.

Words near frivolism in the dictionary

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

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