See frivolent on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more frivolent",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most frivolent",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "frivolent (comparative more frivolent, superlative most frivolent)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"frivolous, trifling, silly"
],
"id": "en-frivolent-en-adj-PN-mMvdg",
"links": [
[
"frivolous",
"frivolous"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"silly",
"silly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly"
],
"tags": [
"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"word": "frivolent"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more frivolent",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most frivolent",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "frivolent (comparative more frivolent, superlative most frivolent)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nonstandard terms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
},
{
"text": "\"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"frivolous, trifling, silly"
],
"links": [
[
"frivolous",
"frivolous"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"silly",
"silly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly"
],
"tags": [
"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"word": "frivolent"
}
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