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friv·ol

(frĭv′əl)

intr.v. friv·oled, friv·ol·ing, friv·ols or friv·olled or friv·ol·ling

To behave frivolously.

[Back-formation from frivolous.]

friv′ol·er n.

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frivol

(ˈfrɪvəl)

vb, -ols, -olling or -olled, -ols, -oling or -oled

1. (intr) to behave frivolously; trifle

2. (often foll by: away) to waste on frivolous pursuits

[C19: back formation from frivolous]

ˈfrivoller, ˈfrivoler n

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friv•ol

(ˈfrɪv əl)

v. -oled, -ol•ing (esp. Brit.) -olled, -ol•ling.
v.i.

to behave frivolously; trifle.

[1865–70; back formation from frivolous]

friv′ol•er; esp. Brit., friv′ol•ler, n.

frivol

Past participle: frivolled
Gerund: frivolling

Imperative
frivol
frivol

Present
I frivol
you frivol
he/she/it frivols
we frivol
you frivol
they frivol

Preterite
I frivolled
you frivolled
he/she/it frivolled
we frivolled
you frivolled
they frivolled

Present Continuous
I am frivolling
you are frivolling
he/she/it is frivolling
we are frivolling
you are frivolling
they are frivolling

Present Perfect
I have frivolled
you have frivolled
he/she/it has frivolled
we have frivolled
you have frivolled
they have frivolled

Past Continuous
I was frivolling
you were frivolling
he/she/it was frivolling
we were frivolling
you were frivolling
they were frivolling

Past Perfect
I had frivolled
you had frivolled
he/she/it had frivolled
we had frivolled
you had frivolled
they had frivolled

Future
I will frivol
you will frivol
he/she/it will frivol
we will frivol
you will frivol
they will frivol

Future Perfect
I will have frivolled
you will have frivolled
he/she/it will have frivolled
we will have frivolled
you will have frivolled
they will have frivolled

Future Continuous
I will be frivolling
you will be frivolling
he/she/it will be frivolling
we will be frivolling
you will be frivolling
they will be frivolling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been frivolling
you have been frivolling
he/she/it has been frivolling
we have been frivolling
you have been frivolling
they have been frivolling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been frivolling
you will have been frivolling
he/she/it will have been frivolling
we will have been frivolling
you will have been frivolling
they will have been frivolling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been frivolling
you had been frivolling
he/she/it had been frivolling
we had been frivolling
you had been frivolling
they had been frivolling

Conditional
I would frivol
you would frivol
he/she/it would frivol
we would frivol
you would frivol
they would frivol

Past Conditional
I would have frivolled
you would have frivolled
he/she/it would have frivolled
we would have frivolled
you would have frivolled
they would have frivolled

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Verb

frivol - act frivolously

trifle

behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

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This had been the short idyll of Effi's life, when she had thought herself beloved, setting up house in cosmopolitan Munich, pregnant with Wolfi, and with money for fads and frivols. The vaunted Anglo-Saxon treat had flopped into his bowl, a dollop of jelly topped by a yellow blob like baby's pap, tasting of nothing much.

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Both couples were box holders for the concert series of Metropolitan and Chicago Opera stars presented at the Mira Mar and were usually patrons or sponsors of community events such as the YWCA "Frolics and Frivols."