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[friv-uh l]Informal.
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verb (used without object), friv·oled, friv·ol·ing or (especially British) friv·olled, friv·ol·ling.

to behave frivolously; trifle.

verb (used with object), friv·oled, friv·ol·ing or (especially British) friv·olled, friv·ol·ling.

to spend frivolously (usually followed by away): to frivol away one's time.

Origin of frivol

First recorded in 1865–70; back formation from frivolous
Related formsfriv·ol·er; especially British, friv·ol·ler, noun
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Related Words for frivol

blow, misuse, expend, waste, lavish, misspend, squander, dissipate, trifle, consume, spend, scatter, idle, dally, cosset, frolic, gambol, rollick, romp, tamper

Examples from the Web for frivol

Historical Examples of frivol

  • We will even chatter and frivol, if Mr. Frohman will repeat the operation.

  • Then you wouldn't let me practice; you told me to frivol, I remember.

    The Four Corners Abroad

    Amy Ella Blanchard

  • I was not put here in the world to frivol through a life of gross pleasure.

    Queed

    Henry Sydnor Harrison

  • My capacity for frivol has died a violent death, and I feel all ‘out of the picture’ in a ballroom.

    A Question of Marriage

    Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

  • Lamb would have understood him and laughed with him, for he loved to frivol and play the fool in the same vein.

British Dictionary definitions for frivol

frivol

verb -ols, -olling or -olled or US -ols, -oling or -oled informal

(intr) to behave frivolously; trifle
(tr often foll by away) to waste on frivolous pursuits
Derived Formsfrivoller or US frivoler, noun

Word Origin for frivol

C19: back formation from frivolous
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