LEVITY


Meaning of LEVITY in English

/lev"i tee/ , n. , pl. levities .

1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

2. an instance or exhibition of this.

3. fickleness.

4. lightness in weight.

[ 1555-65; levitas lightness, frivolity, equiv. to levi ( s ) light + -tas -TY 2 ]

Syn. 1, 2. frivolity, flippancy, triviality, giddiness.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .