Both Uses of
frivolous
in
Babbitt
- The only frivolity was in his purple knitted scarf.†
Chpt 1 *frivolity = lack of seriousness
- Noel Ryland, sales-manager of the Zeeco, was a frivolous graduate of Princeton, while Babbitt was a sound and standard ware from that great department-store, the State University.†
Chpt 6frivolous = not serious
Definition:
not serious
- in behavior or attitude -- as when acting silly or without appropriate seriousness
- in content -- as when describing something as trivial or unimportant