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.
/ËmÃ¦l.ÉËdÉªk.ÊÉn/ formal. âº words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone or that express the hope that someone will have bad luck: He left, muttering maledictions against them. (Definition of âmaledictionâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Browse.