Levity (noun)
lev-i-tee
The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect.
Mid 16th century: from Latin levitas, from levis ‘light’.
Example sentences
“The levity shown to the situation wasn’t appreciated for such a serious subject.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
