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.
1. a dishonest or unprincipled person, esp a man; rascal; scoundrel. 2. often jocular a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp. 3. (Agriculture) a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety. 4. a. any inferior or defective specimen. b. (as modifier): rogue heroin.