frivolosity
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2FRIVOLOSITY + NOUN
ta, te
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hence
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noun
The quality of being frivolous.
Let us hope, that no frivoloſity of manners, no pride of wealth, of anceſtry and arms, or difference of opinion, will hereafter leſſen thoſe reaſonable enjoyments.
Hence that frivolosity of conduct, which pervades all ranks of men, even where the intereſts of eternity are concerned.
Something frivolous.
[…]whoſe wisdom lies more (if not in forgetting) yet at leaſt in forgoing frivoloſities, that are ſo Remote to the Souls Redemption, then to fight ſo fiercely and fooliſhly for them[…]
First, at school you get the grossest abominations, exceeding even those of Sodom and Gomorrah, laid upon your heart for a seasoning—a hashy of fornications, adulteries, murders, battles, and unutterable impurities, of gods, with gods and goddesses, giants and incredibilities, frivolosities and lies, endless genealogies of gods, male and female, and—[…]
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3Let us hope, that no frivoloſity of manners, no pride of wealth, of anceſtry and arms, or difference of opinion, will hereafter leſſen thoſe reaſonable enjoyments.
WiktionaryHence that frivolosity of conduct, which pervades all ranks of men, even where the intereſts of eternity are concerned.
WiktionaryAttention to vain and frivolous objects, produces a vanity and frivolosity of taſte and diſpoſition, &c.
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