Definition of LEVITY

levity

Meanings

Plural: levities

Noun

  • feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  • a manner lacking seriousness
  • Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
  • Lack of steadiness.
  • The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
  • A lighthearted or frivolous act.

Origin / Etymology

Coined in 1564, from Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”). Cognate to lever, and more distantly, light.

Antonyms

gravity

Scrabble Score: 12

levity is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
levity is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
levity is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

levity is a valid Words With Friends word