"levity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levity.wav Forms: levities [plural]
Etymology: Coined in 1564, from Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”). Cognate to lever, and more distantly, light. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|levitās||lightness, frivolity}} Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} levity (usually uncountable, plural levities)
  1. Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (lightness of manner or speech): թեթեւություն (tʻetʻewutʻyun) (Armenian), несериозност (neserioznost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lehkomyslnost [feminine] (Czech), lehkovážnost [feminine] (Czech), zlehčování [neuter] (Czech), kerglus (Estonian), kepeys (Finnish), kevytmielisyys (Finnish), nonchalance [feminine] (French), légèreté [feminine] (French), Lockerheit [feminine] (German), Unbeschwertheit [feminine] (German), Ungezwungenheit [feminine] (German), Leichtfertigkeit [feminine] (German), Leichtsinn [masculine] (German), Leichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Unernsthaftigkeit [feminine] (German), éadroime [feminine] (Irish), levitās [feminine] (Latin), جلفی (jelfi) (Persian), leveza (Portuguese), несерьёзность (neserʹjóznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), легкомы́слие (lexkomýslije) [masculine] (Russian), ветреность (vetrenostʹ) (Russian), ysgafnder [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (obsolete) Lack of steadiness. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-levity-en-noun-IPzH-7rU
  3. The state or quality of being light, buoyancy. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or quality of being light): թեթեւություն (tʻetʻewutʻyun) (Armenian), lehkost [feminine] (Czech), keveys (Finnish), légèreté [feminine] (French), سبکی (saboki) (Persian), лёгкость (ljóxkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), frivolo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-levity-en-noun-bLV0DqSX Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being light': 1 0 97 1
  4. (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act. Tags: countable, usually Translations (lighthearted or frivolous act): թեթեւամտություն (tʻetʻewamtutʻyun) (Armenian), թեթեւսոլիկություն (tʻetʻewsolikutʻyun) (Armenian), лекомислие (lekomislie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вятърничавост (vjatǎrničavost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lehkovážnost [feminine] (Czech), frivolnost [feminine] (Czech), luchthartigheid (Dutch), luchtig (Dutch), kevytmielisyys (Finnish), päähänpisto (Finnish), frivolité [feminine] (French), Leichtfertigkeit (German), سبکسری (sabok-sari) (Persian), leviandade (Portuguese), вольность (volʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), frivolidad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-levity-en-noun-9L1eyFdf Disambiguation of 'lighthearted or frivolous act': 3 0 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: levitous

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1882, H.D. Traill, Sterne:",
          "text": "His incorrigible levities had probably lost him the countenance of most of his more serious acquaintances[…",
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      "roman": "tʻetʻewutʻyun",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "word": "թեթեւություն"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "word": "kerglus"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nonchalance"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "légèreté"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "word": "Ungezwungenheit"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "word": "Leichtsinn"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "word": "Leichtigkeit"
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "word": "Unernsthaftigkeit"
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      "word": "éadroime"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jelfi",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "word": "جلفی"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "word": "leveza"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neserʹjóznostʹ",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "несерьёзность"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lexkomýslije",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "легкомы́слие"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vetrenostʹ",
      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
      "word": "ветреность"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "lightness of manner or speech",
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      "word": "ysgafnder"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻetʻewutʻyun",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "word": "թեթեւություն"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lehkost"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "word": "keveys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "légèreté"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "saboki",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "word": "سبکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljóxkostʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лёгкость"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frivolo"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻetʻewamtutʻyun",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "թեթեւամտություն"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻetʻewsolikutʻyun",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "թեթեւսոլիկություն"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lekomislie",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "лекомислие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vjatǎrničavost",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "вятърничавост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lehkovážnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frivolnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "luchthartigheid"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "luchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "kevytmielisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "päähänpisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frivolité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "Leichtfertigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sabok-sari",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "سبکسری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "leviandade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вольность"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lighthearted or frivolous act",
      "word": "frivolidad"
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}

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