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frivolous
English
Etymology
From Latin fr?volus (“silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless”), with the ending modified to match -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??v.?l.?s/
- Hyphenation: friv?o?lous
Adjective
frivolous (comparative more frivolous, superlative most frivolous)
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
- (law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- 2005, Factcheck.org[1]:
- One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.
- 2005, Factcheck.org[1]:
Derived terms
- frivolent
- frivolously
- frivolousness
Related terms
- frivol
- frivolity
Translations
Further reading
- frivolous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- frivolous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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vapid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/
Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
- Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific
Derived terms
- vapidity
- vapidly
- vapidness
Translations
Anagrams
- pavid
Estonian
Noun
vapid
- nominative plural of vapp
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