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.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English Â© 2016. whimâ¢siâ¢cal (hwimâ²zi kÉl, wimâ²-), adj. 1  given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious:a pixyish, whimsical fellow.  of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions:Her writing showed whimsical notions of human behavior.