frivolous的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

frivolous：愚蠢的，可笑的

来自拉丁语friare, 破开的，卷曲的，词源同friable, friction. 用来指经不起推敲，愚蠢可笑的言语。

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