Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frivolousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: frivolous-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being frivolous.

Uncountable

noun

The result of being frivolous.

Countable

Example Sentences

"I felt, as usual, my own smallness next to her, the scale of what she had achieved, the frivolousness of my own occupation in comparison, despite all she’d tried to direct me towards."

Etymology

Etymology tree English frivolous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English frivolousness From frivolous + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

frivolousnesses (plural)

Synonyms

frivolity frivolosity

Questions

What does frivolousness mean?: The quality of being frivolous.
Where does frivolousness come from?: Etymology tree English frivolous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English frivolousness From frivolous + -ness.

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