Frivolity is a type of clownishness or silliness. Frivolity is the opposite of getting down to business in a serious way. If people are running around a classroom, throwing things, and laughing, the teacher might say, Why all the frivolity?. This is a word for clowning or horsing around â not being serious.
The definition of whilom is something former, or that once was. 1  An example of something whilom is a friend that you were close to in middle school. 2  An example of something whilom is a job that you once had.
âº an act of buying or selling something or sending money electronically, especially over the internet: Many businesses and consumers are unclear about how consumer protection laws can be enforced when electronic transactions take place across borders. (Definition of âelectronic transactionâ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)