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frivolosities

frivolosities is the plural of frivolosity.

Meaning of frivolosity

Noun

frivolosity (countable and uncountable, plural frivolosities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being frivolous.
    • Let us hope, that no frivoloſity of manners, no pride of wealth, of anceſtry and arms, or difference of opinion, will hereafter leſſen thoſe reaſonable enjoyments.1790, Martin Dunsford, Historical Memoirs of the Town and Parish of Tiverton in the County of Devon. Collected from the Best Authorities. With Notes and Observations., 2nd edition, Exeter: […] J....
  2. (countable) Something frivolous.
    • […]whoſe wisdom lies more (if not in forgetting) yet at leaſt in forgoing frivoloſities, that are ſo Remote to the Souls Redemption, then to fight ſo fiercely and fooliſhly for them[…]1660, Samuel Fisher, Rusticus Ad Academicos in Exercitationibus Expostulatoriis, Apologeticis Quatuor. The Rustick’s Alarm to the Rabbies: or, The Country Correcting the University, and Clergy, and...

Questions about frivolosities

What is frivolosities the plural of?
Frivolosities is the plural of frivolosity.

Words near frivolosities in the dictionary

  1. frivolizing
  2. frivolled
  3. frivoller
  4. frivollers
  5. frivolling
  6. frivolosities
  7. frivolosity
  8. frivolous
  9. frivolousity
  10. frivolously
  11. frivolousness

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