"silliness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪlinɪs/, /-nəs/ Forms: sillinesses [plural]
Etymology: silly + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|silly|ness}} silly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silliness (countable and uncountable, plural sillinesses)
  1. (uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous. Tags: uncountable Translations (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous): ximpleria [feminine] (Catalan), bêtise [feminine] (French), stupidité [feminine] (French), Dummheit [feminine] (German), Albernheit [feminine] (German), aerthacht [feminine] (Irish), breallaireacht [feminine] (Irish), breallántacht [feminine] (Irish), brealsúnacht [feminine] (Irish), bundúnacht [feminine] (Irish), diúide [feminine] (Irish), dreolánacht [feminine] (Irish), éagantacht [feminine] (Irish), gamalacht [feminine] (Irish), gogaideacht [feminine] (Irish), guanacht [feminine] (Irish), leamhas [masculine] (Irish), leimhe [feminine] (Irish), málóideacht [feminine] (Irish), óinsiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), pleotaíocht [feminine] (Irish), stupidità [feminine] (Italian), fatuitās [feminine] (Latin), socordia [feminine] (Latin), muļķība [feminine] (Latvian), dumjība [feminine] (Latvian), meecheeall [feminine] (Manx), meecheeallid [masculine] (Manx), amaideas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), larv [neuter] (Swedish), dumhet [common-gender] (Swedish), fånighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-silliness-en-noun-CkiJd9x6 Disambiguation of 'that which is perceived as silly or frivolous': 97 3
  2. (countable) An act that is silly; a result of being silly. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-silliness-en-noun-aM8t-T7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schmuckiness

Inflected forms

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