Reverse Dictionary: FRIG – FRN

FRIGHT, FRIGHTEN – adjectives
– MEWED scattered by fright …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fright, frighten – nouns 
– BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOO a bad scare; a serious fright …1930s US Black sl.
– BOOF a scare, a fright …1896 Amer. dial.
– CANARY a fright …1980s Irish sl.
– FEAR-BABE † a thing fit only to frighten a baby …1580
– GALDIMENT † a great fright; terror …1790 Eng. dial.
– GALLIMENT a fright, scare, alarm …1790 Eng. dial.
– GAST a fright …a1684 Sc.
– GLIFF † a sudden fright or shock; a scare; a state of excitement …1732 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLOCKEN a start from a fright; a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster …1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RADNESS † fear, fright …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SCAR a fright; a panic; an object of alarm …1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKRIK a fright; a tremor of fear …L19 S. Afr.
– SPOOK a fright, a scare …1980s S. Afr.
fright, frighten – verbs
– ABSTER †* to deter, to hinder, to frighten off …1542
– AFEAR † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– AFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– AFFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– AIGH to frighten; to control through fear or awe …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BAIZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm …1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze …1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BEGALLOW † to frighten or terrify …c1320
– BOGGLE to take fright, to shy …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGER to cause to shy away; to frighten; to spook …1931 Amer. dial.
– BUFFALO to frighten or intimidate someone, esp. by bluff …1891 US sl.
– CHILL to frighten someone …Bk2006 US
– DAW †* to daunt, to subdue, to frighten …1616
– EFFEIR †* to frighten …1513 Sc.
– EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare …1375
– EISIE † to frighten …c1175
– FRIGHTEN THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify  …1951 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify …1951 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE PANTS OFF to frighten or scare someone, esp. severely or when horror is presented as entertainment) thrillingly …1967 UK sl.
– FUNK † to frighten or scare a person; to affect with anxiety, to unsettle …1789
– FUNKIFY to frighten or scare someone …19C sl.
– GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle …1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle …1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GAST † to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify …c1000
– GASTER † to frighten, to scare, to terrify …1593
– GLIFF † to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten …1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLOCKEN to start from fright; to astound …1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HARE † to frighten. to scare …1659
– HAVE A BABY to experience fright, shock, or anger; also, to fret …1950 Amer. sl.
– HAZE to confound, to frighten, to scare; to scold, to upbraid; also, to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly …1678 Eng. dial.
– KNOCK THE PEADOODLES OUT OF ONE to give one a severe blow or fright …2000 Amer. dial.
– MAKE SOMEONE CREAK IN THEIR SHOES to terrify, to frighten someone ..L19 sl.
– MAWK to frighten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFDREDE † to terrify, to frighten …c1000
– OFFEAR † to frighten, to terrify …1131
– OFFRIGHT † to frighten, to terrify …c1160
– PAVEFY †* to make afraid, to frighten …1656
– PSYCH OUT to intimidate or frighten …colloq.
– PUT THE BREEZE UP to frighten …1925 sl.
– PUT THE WIND UP to frighten; to make afraid; to make nervous …1916 sl.
– RAISE ONE’S HAIR to frighten …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SCADDLE to scare, to frighten …1874 Eng. dial.
– SCAR to take fright …1714 Sc.
– SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify; to frighten …L19 sl.
– SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify. to frighten …L19 sl.
– SCARE THE PANTS OFF frighten or scare someone, esp. severely or when horror is presented as entertainment) thrillingly …1967 UK sl.
– SCARE THE PEADOODLE CRAP OUT OF ONE to give one a severe fright …2000 Amer. dial.
– SCARE THE PEADOODLES OUT OF ONE to give one a severe fright …2000 Amer. dial.
– SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF to frighten …1961 sl.
– SCATTEL to scare, to frighten …1856 Eng. dial.
– SCATTLE to scare, to frighten …1856 Eng. dial.
– SPOOK to frighten …1959 sl.
– THIR † to frighten out of the senses; to hurt; to strike dead …1746 Eng. dial.
– TIMMER to frighten; to be frightened …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WOLF to frighten, to intimidate…1970 Amer. dial.
fright, frighten – interjections/phrases
– BO! an exclamation meant to frighten or surprise …Bk1911 Sc.
– THAT WILL SET THE HAIR that will anger, surprise, frighten, or give one pause …1984 Amer. dial.
 
FRIGHTENED – adjectives
– ADOUBTED † frightened, afraid …1471
– ADRAD † frightened, greatly afraid, put in dread …c1200
– ADREAD † frightened, greatly afraid, put in dread …c1200
– AFEARD affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid …c1000
– AFEARED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid …c1000
– AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid …c1000
– AFRAID OF ONE’S SHADOW easily frightened …Bk1994 sl. 
– AWFUL † frightened or apprehensive of doing something …1608
– BETWITTERED excited, frightened, overcome with pleasing excitement …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BOOGERED afraid, frightened, spooked …1936 Amer. dial.
– CANDY-ASS timid; frightened; cowardly …Bk2006 US sl.
– CANDY-ASSED timid; frightened; cowardly …Bk2006 US sl.
– DAFTED timid, frightened …1860 Eng. dial.
– DART frightened, terrified …Bk1900 Sc.
– DERT frightened, terrified …Bk1900 Sc.
– EERIE apprehensive, frightened, in dread of spirits …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EFFRAYED † frightened, shaking with fear …1553
– EFFRAYIT frightened …1827 Sc.
– FEARED † frightened, afraid; timid …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened …1934 Amer. dial.
– FORFRIGHTED greatly terrified, badly frightened, afraid …c1250
– FUNKY * frightened, nervous, timid …1835
– GALLARD frightened, scared, alarmed …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLERED frightened, scared, alarmed …1825 Eng. dial.
– GALLEYED frightened, scared, alarmed …1825 Eng. dial.
– GALLIED frightened, scared, alarmed …1825 Eng. dial.
– GALLIFIED frightened, scared, alarmed …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLOWED frightened, scared, alarmed …1825 Eng. dial.
– GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HARE-HEARTED timorous; easily frightened …1614
– HEN-HEARTED * cowardly; easily frightened; timorous …a1529
– ILL-FLEYED scared, frightened …1884 Eng. dial.
– NOT BORN IN THE WOODS TO BE SCARED BY AN OWL not easily frightened …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– OF-FEARED † frightened, afraid …a1200
– PACKING DEATH terrified, frightened …1950s Aust. sl.
– PARANOID frightened, worried, disturbed …1960s sl.
– QUAIL to be frightened; to quake with fear …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAD † frightened, afraid, apprehensive; alarmed …c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
– RAMAGE easily frightened or startled …1567
– RAMAGEOUS † easily frightened or startled …c1530
– RAMAGIOUS † easily frightened or startled …c1530
– REDD afraid, frightened …1721 Sc.
– REDE afraid, frightened …1721 Sc.
– SCADDLE timid; easily frightened …1894 Eng. dial.
– SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARED CRAPLESS extremely scared or frightened …1910s sl.
– SCARED FARTLESS extremely frightened or scared …1930s Can. sl.
– SCARED PISSLESS extremely scared or frightened …1910s sl.
– SCARED SHIT extremely scared or frightened …1910s sl.
– SCARED SHITLESS extremely scared or frightened; senseless with fear or physical distress …1910s sl.
– SCARED TITLESS extremely scared or frightened …1910s sl.
– SCARRY easily frightened …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCART frightened, scared …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARTLY frightened, wild, shy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly …1800 Amer. dial.
– SCATTLE timid, easily frightened …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHITLESS extremely scared or frightened …1910s sl.
– SHIT-SCARED extremely frightened; terrified; afraid …1944 sl.
– SHIVERY-BIVERY shaking with cold or fright …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
​- SPOOKY nervous, easily frightened, superstitious …1920s US sl.
– UNAFFRIGHTED not frightened …1586
– UNFLEGGIT unalarmed, not frightened …1773 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
frightened – nouns
– FEAREDNESS † the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright …a1300
frightened – person 
– GARISH † one who looks frightened …1691 Eng. dial.
– SCARECAT a fearful person; anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened …1897 Amer. dial.
– SCARED-CAT anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened …1965
– SCAREDY anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened …1933
– SCAREDY-CAT anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened …1930 colloq.
– SCAREDY-SHITE anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened …20C sl.
– SCARE TOAD a fearful person; one who is easily frightened …1941 Amer. dial.
– WHITE KNUCKLER a tense, nervous, and anxious person; someone frightened …1980s US sl.
frightened – verbs 
– CACK IT to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened …2002 UK sl.
– CHICKEN OUT to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out; to avoid or to withdraw from a plan, task, or endeavour because of fear; to quit …1934 sl., orig. US
– FUNK (IT) to become frightened or timid; to lose courage; to lose one’s nerve …1857 UK sl.
– GET ONE’S BALLS IN AN UPROAR to become unduly angry, excited, frightened, etc. …1947 US sl.
– GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out …1930s sl., orig. US
– MAKE BUTTONS of a person: to be extremely worried or frightened …1575 sl.
– PACK ‘EM to be frightened …1940s sl.
– PACK ONE’S SHIT to be frightened …1940s sl.
– PACK SHIT to be frightened …1940s sl.
– PACK THEM to be frightened …1940s sl.
– SHIT A BRICK to be extremely worried or frightened …1959 sl.
– SHIT BRICKS to be extremely worried or frightened …1961 sl.
– TIMMER to frighten; to be frightened …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TURN CHARLIE to turn coward or become frightened ….c1930 sl.
frightened – phrases
– ONE’S ARSE MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened …c1565 sl.
– ONE’S BREECHES MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened …1641 sl.
 
FRIGHTENING – adjectives
– BOOGERING frightening …1931 Amer. dial.
– BOOGERISH spooky, frightening, unpleasant …1887 Amer. dial.
– BUGGERISH spooky, frightening, unpleasant …1974 Amer. dial.
– HAIR-RAISING frightening …Bk1995 US sl.
– HAIRY crude, clumsy, rough, erratic; frightening, hair-raising …1848
– SCARY frightening …1582
– SPINE-TINGLING pleasurably frightening or disturbing …1955
– SPOOKY eerie and supernatural; frightening …1854 sl., orig. US
– WHITE-KNUCKLE frightening …1988 sl.
– WINDY frightening …1919 services’ sl.
frightening – nouns
– BAPTISM OF FIRE a difficult or frightening introduction to something …1857
– CHILLER-DILLER something frightening …1964 Amer. jocular
– HORROR SHOW an occasion or experience that is embarrassing, disgusting, frightening, disastrous, or the like; anything unpleasant …1959 Amer. sl.
– SCARECROW anything frightening but not really dangerous
– SPINE-TINGLER something pleasurably frightening, esp. an exciting story, etc. …1942
– WHITE-KNUCKLER an event or experience provoking extreme fear, suspense, or anxiety; a very frightening or suspenseful book, film, etc. …1968 colloq.
 
FRIGHTFUL – adjectives
– AGGISOM frightful; fear-inspiring …1908 Sc.
– ASTREN having a frightful or ghastly appearance …Bk1898 Sc.
– AUSTERN having a frightful or ghastly appearance …Bk1898 Sc.
– AUSTROUS frightful, ghastly …1820 Sc.
– AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible …c1786 colloq.
– BYSENING † ill-boding, portentous; monstrous; frightful …c1375
– EFFRAYABLE †* capable of producing fright or alarm; frightful, dreadful …1689
– EFFRAYANT frightful, alarming …1872
– EFFROYABLE †* frightful …1689
– ELDRICK unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful …1785 Eng. dial.
– ELDRISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful …1785 Eng. dial.
– ELDRITCH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful …1508 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GOD-AWFUL unpleasant; deplorable; frightful …1878 sl., orig. US
– POKERISH somewhat dangerous, alarming, dreadful, spooky, frightful; affected by feelings of dread …1827 Amer. dial.
– SCAREFUL terrifying, frightful …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly …Bk1905 Sc.
– UGGING causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful …1832 Sc.
– UGGLE † having an appearance or aspect which causes dread or horror; frightful or horrible …1499
– UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly …c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YELLERISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful …1785 Eng. dial.
– YELLISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful …1785 Eng. dial.
frightful – person
– HIDEOUS a frightful person …c1420
 
FRIGID – adjectives
– FRIGIDIOUS †* intensely cold, frigid …1630
– FROSTY cold; sexually unresponsive, frigid …Shakespeare usage
– THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding …1787 Sc.
frigid – person 
– FRIGOT †* a person of frigid temperament …1683
– ICEBERG a cold and unresponsive woman; a frigid woman …20C US sl.
– ICE WAGON a frigid woman …E20 US sl.
 
FRIGIDITY – nouns
– GELIDITY extreme cold, frostiness, frigidity …1656
 
FRILL – nouns
– BORD a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill …Bk1911 Sc.
 
FRINGE – nouns
– FAS † a border, fringe …c950
– FASH a fringe, anything resembling a fringe; the long hair of an animal’s legs …1558 Eng. dial.
– TARTLES tatters, torn or trailing edges of clothing, tassels, or fringes of ragged or dirty material …c1867
 
FRINGED – adjectives
– THRUMMY-TAILED used contemptuously of women who wear fringed gowns or petticoats …Bk1905 Sc.
 
FRISBEE – nouns
– B frisbee …20C teen & high school sl.
 
FRISK – verbs
– CUT THE SHORT DOG to caper and frisk around when tipsy …1888 Amer. dial.
– GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about …1893 Amer.
– HALLOP to frisk about; to be precipitate in one’s movements …Bk1905 Sc.
– PAVIE to caper, to frisk, to move in a quick light way; to cavort, to waltz around …1804 Sc.
– PROWL to frisk a person; to run one’s hands over another’s clothing, usually in search of a gun …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SCOUSE to frolic, to frisk about; to run fast …1842 Eng. dial.
– SKICE † to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run …1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SKIMMER to flutter, to move rapidly; to frisk about lightly …1824
– SKIRRUP to frisk, to frolic …1896 Amer. dial.
– VAPOUR to caper; to frisk about …1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
FRISKINESS – nouns
– PETULCITY † offensive forwardness or temerity; friskiness, wantonness …1628
 
FRISKING, FRISKY – adjectives
– ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry ,,,1903 Amer. dial.
– FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome …1890 Amer. dial.
– FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome …1890 Amer. dial.
– FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome …1890 Amer. dial.
– FISGIG frisky …1899 Amer. dial.
– FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome …1890 Amer. dial.
– FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome …1890 Amer. dial.
– GALLIVATE frisking about …B1900 Amer.
– MAGGOTTY frisky, playful, full of tricks, frolicsome …1820 Eng. dial.
– MANKY whimsical; lively, frisky …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PETULCOUS †* wanton; frisky; lustful; fractious; wantonly aggressive, butting …1661
– REVOYLT wild; frisky; in very high spirits …Bk1904 Sc.
– SPANKY sprightly, frisky …B1900 Sc.
– UP ON ONE’S BEAN-WATER feeling very lively, strong, frisky; to be in high spirits …1917 Amer. dial.
– VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– WADDIE proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– WHISKISH †* lively, frisky …1599
frisking, frisky – person
– FAFF a young, frisky child …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
FRIVOLITY – nouns
– CALEERINESS frivolity, mischief …20C Ireland
– DAFT DAYS a time of frivolity and merriment; hence, one’s youth …1822 Sc.
– FRIBBLE frivolity, nonsense …1881
– PANFRIVOLIUM a scene of all frivolity …1834 nonce word
 
FRIVOLOUS – adjectives
– AIR-HEADED foolish, unintelligent; frivolous; scatterbrained …1976 sl., orig. US
– BADEEN †* frivolous, jesting …1685
– CALEERIED frivolously conceived …1897 Sc.
– CAPER-WITTED flighty, of frivolous or unsteady mind …1692
– CORKY light, trifling, frivolous; buoyant, lively, springy; hence, skittish, ticklish, restive …1601 colloq.
– DAFT giddy, frivolous, frolicsome …c1575 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– EBB-MINDED shallow, frivolous …1895 Eng. dial.
– FADDY frivolous …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FIDDLE-BRAINED † foolish, frivolous …B1900
– FLYAWAY frivolous or flighty; giddy
– FRIBBLE trifling, frivolous, ridiculous, silly …1798
– FRIBBLISH having the quality of a fribble; ​frivolous, trifling, ridiculous …1768
– LIGHTSOME flighty, frivolous …1533
– LIGHT-WINGED airy, trivial, frivolous …a1616 
– NELLIN loud, loquacious, frivolous …Bk1905 Sc.
– NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY silly, frivolous, foolish, light-headed …1817 Sc. 
– NUGIFRIVOLOUS free for frivolous trifling …1589
– RORTY intoxicated with alcohol and quite noisy about it; wildly frivolous …20C Brit.
– SHOOFLY slipshod, shoddy, frivolous …1927 Amer. dial.
– SKITTISH of disposition, etc.: characterized by levity, frivolity, or excessive liveliness; excessively lively …c1412
– THRIBLOUS mispronunciation of ‘frivolous’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TOTTER-HEADED light-headed, frivolous, changeful …1662
– TRIFLOUS †* trifling; insignificant, trivial; frivolous …1509
– WANTON † capricious, frivolous, giddy …1538 obs.
frivolous – nouns
– ANDRAMARTINS irresponsible or frivolous behaviour …Irish sl.
– ANDREMARTINS irresponsible or frivolous behaviour …Irish sl.
– ANDREW MARTINING irresponsible or frivolous behaviour …Irish sl.
– BUTTERFLYISM † frivolous behaviour; giddiness …1833
– DIDO something fancy or frivolous …1909 Amer. dial.
– FALLAL nonsense, frivolous talk or behaviour; conceit, humbug …1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FRIBBLE a trifling thing, a frivolous notion or characteristic …1831
– IDLE †* that which is useless, vain, or frivolous …c1000
– NAFF frivolous talk or prattle; an angry dispute about a trifle …Bk1903 Sc.
frivolous – person
– AIRHEAD a foolish, unintelligent, or frivolous person; a scatterbrain …1971 sl., orig. US
– AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb …1611
– BIRD-BRAIN a person with a small brain; one of low intelligence; a frivolous, scatterbrained person; a fool; a stupid person …1933
– BLATHERSKITE a blustering, talkative, or frivolous person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– BUTTERFLY a capricious, giddy, or frivolous person, esp. one having a gaudy or showy appearance …a1500
– CORKY-NODDLE a light-headed, frivolous person; one whose wisdom floats on the surface; an empty-headed fellow …18C Sc.
– DAWDLE a lazy, indolent person; a frivolous, useless person …1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DIMMIES a vain, frivolous woman …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FEDDER-LICHTIE – a silly, frivolous person …1928 Sc.
– FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf …1549
– FLYAWAY a person who is frivolous or flighty …1838
– FRIBBLE a trifling, frivolous fellow; one not occupied in serious employment, a trifler; a silly oaf …1664
– FRIPPET (derogatory) a frivolous young woman …1908 sl.
– GAIKIE a frivolous person; …1825 Sc.
– GAMSTER a giddy, irresponsible or frivolous woman …c1920 Sc.
– GIBBADAUN a frivolous person …Bk1910 Ireland
– GIDDY-BRAIN a giddy, frivolous person; a light-headed, stupid person …a1652
– GIDDY-HEAD a giddy, frivolous person; one without serious thought or sound judgement …1641
– GIG † a flighty, giddy, or frivolous girl …c1225
– GIXY † a giddy, frivolous girl; a wench; a lively lass; a wanton woman …1611
– GLAIK (derogatory) a silly, light-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1814 Sc.
– HEAD-ILL a person of frivolous, light-headed disposition …1929 Sc.
– HIZZEY, HIZZIE, HIZZY – a young frivolous woman; a servant girl …1724 Sc.
– JAY an oaf or a rascal; a frivolous person …L16
– KELK CHOSE † a light, frivolous woman …1706 Sc.
– MONKEY a silly, frivolous, or precocious person; usually used affectionately …1589
– MOPPET a frivolous or gaudily dressed woman; used depreciatively …1782
– MOPSEY, MOPSIE, MOPSY a shallow or frivolous woman …1706
– PAVIE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off; one who puts on airs; an idle, trifling child …a1850 Sc.
– PEEVEE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off; one who puts on airs; an idle, trifling child …a1850 Sc.
– POWDER-PUFF a frivolous girl …Bk1934 college sl.
– SKIT a vain, frivolous, or wanton woman …1572 chiefly Sc.
frivolous – verbs
– BADINER † to talk jestingly and frivolously; to banter …1697
– BUGGER ABOUT to lounge about; to waste time; to act ineffectually; to behave in a frivolous or stupid way …1937
– BUGGER AROUND to lounge about; to waste time; to act ineffectually; to behave in a frivolous or stupid way …1939
– FRIBBLE in early use, to act aimlessly or feebly, to busy oneself to no purpose; to fuss about; later, contemptuously  (except dialect), to behave frivolously, to trifle …1640
– NAFF to work in a weak, trifling manner; to trifle, to be frivolous …Bk1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NIFFNAFF to trifle, to dilly-dally, to talk or act frivolously …1724 Sc. 
 
FRIVOLOUSLY – adverbs
– GALLIMAWVERTY said of one who conducts himself in a frolicsome or frivolous way …Bk1900 Eng. dial.