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Word Meanings - LEVITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity. He gave the form of levity to that
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1. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity. He gave the form of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity. Sir. W. Raleigh. This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top. Bentley. 2. Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity. " A spirit of levity and libertinism." Atterbury. He never employed his omnipotence out of levity. Calamy. 3. Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility. The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession. Burke. Syn. -- Inconstancy; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness; inconsideration; volatility; flightiness. -- Levity, Volatility, Flightiness. All these words relate to outward conduct. Levity springs from a lightness of mind which produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and place.Volatility is a degree of levity which causes the thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any for a moment. Flightiness is volatility carried to an extreme which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness. Levity of deportment, of conduct, of remark; volatility of temper, of spirits; flightiness of mind or disposition.
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- NOTHINGNESS
1. Nihility; nonexistence. 2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value. - STRAW-CUTTER
An instrument to cut straw for fodder. - GEWGAW
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden. (more info) as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, - CIPHER
A character which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold. 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. Here he was a mere cipher. W. Irving. 3. A character - TRIFLE
trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong - STRAWED
imp. & p. p. of Straw. - TRIFLER
One who trifles. Waterland. - STRAW
E. strew; akin to OFries. stre, D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. stro, Icel. 1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease. 2. The gathered and - BUBBLE SHELL
A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. - STRAWBOARD
Pasteboard made of pulp of straw. - STRAW-COLORED
Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n. - TRIVIALITY
1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair. - NOTHINGARIAN
One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect. - BAUBLE
It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus,a baburrus, 1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan. 2. The fool's - LEVITY
1. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity. He gave the form of levity to that - STRAWWORM
A caddice worm. - STRAWY
Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak. - STRAWBERRY
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the - NOTHER
Neither; nor. Chaucer. - KICKSHAW
See SINGULAR - JACKSTRAW
1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together - MONOTHALAMAN
A foraminifer having but one chamber. - MONOTHALMIC
Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown. - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. - AGONOTHETE
An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. - KNOW-NOTHING
A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. Note: The - DINOTHERE; DINOTHERIUM
A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. - NEGINOTH
Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading). - DECIPHERMENT
The act of deciphering. - MONOTHEIST
One who believes that there is but one God. - DO-NOTHINGISM; DO-NOTHINGNESS
Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. Carlyle. Miss Austen. - INDECIPHERABLE
Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved. -- In`de*ci"pher*a*bly, adv. - MONOTHECAL
Having a single loculament.