Meanings
present singular third person frivols · US participle present frivoling · UK participle present frivolling · US participle past frivoled · US past frivoled · UK participle past frivolled · UK past frivolled
- intransitiveTo 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 - intransitiveTo trifle.
plural frivols
- An unserious person; a shallow person.
- An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfrīvolus“trifling, worthless”
- Frenchfrivole
- Englishfrivol
From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безделнича
- безделнича (bezdelniča)(intransitive) To behave frivolously
Cite this entry
frivol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frivol
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