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levity

le·vity

UK/ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/ US/ˈlɛvɪti/ rare obsolete

noun

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Origin

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

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