frivol

[friv-uhl]

verb (used without object)

frivoled, frivoling , frivolled, frivolling .

1. to behave frivolously; trifle.

verb (used with object)

frivoled, frivoling , frivolled, frivolling .

1. to spend frivolously (usually followed byaway ).

   to frivol away one's time.

frivol

/ ˈfrɪvəl /

verb

1. (intr) to behave frivolously; trifle

2. to waste on frivolous pursuits

Other Word Forms

• frivoller noun
• frivoler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of frivol¹

First recorded in 1865–70; back formation from frivolous

Word History and Origins

Origin of frivol¹

C19: back formation from _frivolous

Example Sentences

Yachting on the Mediterranean, or frivolling on the Riviera.

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"Because a Minister's stock of loving kindness is apt to be low on Monday, and he is tired and not disposed to frivol, or talk of unsacred things."

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The young people had no part in the joys of the 1914 Class breakfast and "frivol" beyond laughing uproariously at the account of it which they received later from the elders who were there.

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I don't think there seemed to be any real harm in that sort of frivolling.

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Whether some superstitious lady thought that the wearing of horns would keep away the evil eye, or whether it was a mere frivol of some vain Duchess, I do not know.

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Related Words

• blow 
• expend 
• lavish 
• misuse 
• waste