英语词汇frivolous的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	frivolous
词源	frivolous adj. mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless," diminutive of frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumble" (see friable). In law (by 1736), "so clearly insufficient as to need no argument to show its weakness." Related: Frivolously; frivolousness. Entries linking to frivolous* friable adj. "easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder," 1560s, from French friable (16c.) and directly from Latin friabilis "easily crumbled or broken," from friare "rub away, crumble into small pieces," related to fricare "to rub" (see friction). Related: Friability. "Confusion between the common word meaning crumbly & the -able adjective from fry is not likely enough to justify the irregular spelling fryable for the latter ...." [Fowler]. frivolity n. 1796, from French frivolité, from Old French frivole "frivolous," from Latin frivolus (see frivolous). updated on January 10, 2015
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frivolous adj.