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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

frivolus

; prob. akin to

friare

to rub, crumble, E.

friable

: cf. F.

frivole

Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight;

as, a

frivolous

argument

Swift.

Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.

–

Friv′o-lous-ly

adv.

–

Friv′o-lous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. frivlus, from the root of frio, to break into small pieces, to crumble; tero, trivi, to rub or wear out.]

Slight; trifling; trivial; of little weight, worth or importance; not worth notice; as a frivolous argument; a frivolous objection or pretext.