CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FRIVOLLING
PRESENT
Present
I frivol
you frivol
he/she/it frivols
we frivol
you frivol
they frivol
Present continuous
I am frivolling
you are frivolling
he/she/it is frivolling
we are frivolling
you are frivolling
they are frivolling
Present perfect
I have frivolled
you have frivolled
he/she/it has frivolled
we have frivolled
you have frivolled
they have frivolled
Present perfect continuous
I have been frivolling
you have been frivolling
he/she/it has been frivolling
we have been frivolling
you have been frivolling
they have been frivolling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I frivolled
you frivolled
he/she/it frivolled
we frivolled
you frivolled
they frivolled
Past continuous
I was frivolling
you were frivolling
he/she/it was frivolling
we were frivolling
you were frivolling
they were frivolling
Past perfect
I had frivolled
you had frivolled
he/she/it had frivolled
we had frivolled
you had frivolled
they had frivolled
Past perfect continuous
I had been frivolling
you had been frivolling
he/she/it had been frivolling
we had been frivolling
you had been frivolling
they had been frivolling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will frivol
you will frivol
he/she/it will frivol
we will frivol
you will frivol
they will frivol
Future continuous
I will be frivolling
you will be frivolling
he/she/it will be frivolling
we will be frivolling
you will be frivolling
they will be frivolling
Future perfect
I will have frivolled
you will have frivolled
he/she/it will have frivolled
we will have frivolled
you will have frivolled
they will have frivolled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been frivolling
you will have been frivolling
he/she/it will have been frivolling
we will have been frivolling
you will have been frivolling
they will have been frivolling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would frivolling
you would frivolling
he/she/it would frivolling
we would frivolling
you would frivolling
they would frivolling
Conditional continuous
I would be frivolling
you would be frivolling
he/she/it would be frivolling
we would be frivolling
you would be frivolling
they would be frivolling
Conditional perfect
I would have frivolling
you would have frivolling
he/she/it would have frivolling
we would have frivolling
you would have frivolling
they would have frivolling
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been frivolling
you would have been frivolling
he/she/it would have been frivolling
we would have been frivolling
you would have been frivolling
they would have been frivolling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you frivol
we let´s frivol
you frivol
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
frivolled
Present Participle
frivolling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIVOLLING»
Discover the use of
frivolling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
frivolling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Medical Women and Victorian Fiction
The sort of “frivolling” that Mona enjoys at the beginning of the novel identifies her
as a bourgeois woman of wealth, a public “pleasure seeker, defined by her
longing for goods, sights, and public life.”14 At the same time, one of the greatest
...
2
The Seven Deadly Sins in the Work of Dorothy L. Sayers
For the cure of the Blues, Caesar (who has his own axe to grind) prescribes the
dreary frivolling which the Churches and respectable people have agreed to call
"immorality," and which, in these days, is as far as possible from the rollicking ...
3
An English Dictionary: Explaining the Difficult Terms ...
Pa valency, * be: fig Prevalent, frivolling, pow e.rful. i'ieva: ication, double Dealing
. Pievaiicator,¡¡. Cambridge, (m tense rilius at Oxford) makes an invenirles fatyrt
cal Commencement Speech. Picv nient ,-vcniional, am ngb.fore. , Previa 0. hardy
...
4
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
2. Badtempered: low London: from ca 1880; ob. frivol, frivel, frivole . To behave
frivolously: coll, almost S.E.: from ca 1865. W. Black, in Yolande, 1883, 'If you
want to frivole...I shut my door on you.' Ex frivolous, ?onfribble. frivoller; frivolling .
5
Fighting Different Wars: Experience, Memory, and the First ...
Loughnan explained that she was "sick of frivolling," and "wanted to do
something big and hard, because of our boys and of England." The final
motivation, however, was provided by "the dreaded telegram [that] came at last . .
. [so] we gave up ...
No, Mother, I thought, don't do it. Remember your wedding vows. "...don't
understand," she said, her voice strengthening. "I know it's idiotic and irrational of
me, but I can't help feeling that if I go out frivolling with you, Frank, I'll be punished
for it.
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles 232 (1957). frivol, vb. This word, meaning “to trifle;
to fritter away time,” is a lighthearted back-formation from frivolous dating from the
mid-19th century. It's inflectedfrivoled,frivoling in AmE,frivolled,frivolling in BrE.
8
The Selected Works of Edward Phillips Oppenheim
he exclaimed. "Please don't look so surprised," she laughed. "I suppose you think
I have no right to be frivolling in these very serious times, but I am afraid I am
rather an offender when the humour takes me. You kept your word to Mr. Dartrey,
...
Edward Phillips Oppenheim
'one That Mr. Bennett could have given us a better book than this; that much of it
is frankly just frivolling and more of it almost rowdily rollicking; that though it deals
once again with those confounded Potteries it has nothing of the dark dignity of ...
10
The First Lady of Mulberry Walk: The Life and Times of Irish ...
... it would be too dull after our frivolling we two went to see Barrie's 'What Every
Woman Knows'. It is splendid and we enjoyed it immensely.” It is a rare break
from student activities for this very private person, but she did not stop there.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIVOLLING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
frivolling is used in the context of the following news items.
Curse of the black spider
As his old friend Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, remarked to me: “When you think of the possibilities of frivolling in such a position, ... «The Sunday Times, Mar 15»
Another battle front
As Naomi Loughnan admitted in 1917, she was "sick of frivolling" and "wanted to do something big and hard, because of our boys and of ... «The Guardian, Nov 08»
