Meanings
comparative more frivolent · superlative most frivolent
- nonstandardfrivolous, trifling, silly
"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
3 more examples
"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
"I'm sorry but I have personally seen so many people paid out on fraudulent and frivolent claims to have any faith in the system as it currently stands. " — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/uk.legal.moderated/msg/551e5debdc0715f1
"My serious replies tend to evoke 'I couldn't worship that sort of a God' responses. My frivolent replies are usually intended to show that some of the criticisms aimed at my serious replies aren't as well-founded as the person making them seems to think." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/uk.religion.christian/msg/4110e62d55ad2c2b
Origin
Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
frivolent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frivolent
“frivolent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frivolent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frivolent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frivolent.
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