levity

[ lev-i-tee ]
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noun,plural lev·i·ties.
  1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

  2. an instance or exhibition of this.

  1. lightness in weight.

Origin of levity

1
1555–65; <Latin levitās lightness, frivolity, equivalent to levi(s) light + -tās-ty2

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British Dictionary definitions for levity

levity

/ (ˈlɛvɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. inappropriate lack of seriousness

  2. fickleness or instability

  1. archaic lightness in weight

Origin of levity

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C16: from Latin levitās lightness, from levis light

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