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.
double whammy noun [C usually singular]. âº a âsituation when two âunpleasant things âhappen at âalmost the same âtime: Farmers have âfaced the âdouble âwhammy of a ârising âdollar and âfalling âagricultural âprices.