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frolicsome

[ frol-ik-suh m ]

/ ˈfrɒl ɪk səm /

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adjective

merrily playful; full of fun.

Origin of frolicsome

First recorded in 1690–1700; frolic + -some¹

OTHER WORDS FROM frolicsome

frol·ic·some·ly, adverb frol·ic·some·ness, noun

Words nearby frolicsome

frogstool, frohman, froideur, froissart, frolic, frolicsome, from, from bad to worse, from first to last, from hand to hand, from hand to mouth

Example sentences from the Web for frolicsome

I loved Fanny dearly, but it was not pleasant to see my pets driven off by her frolicsome way of making herself agreeable.

Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life |Ann S. Stephens
But whether marked for acceptance or rejection, all were as frolicsome as colts turned out to pasture.

Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball |J. W. Duffield
And he had reason to congratulate himself on this manoeuvre, for Eliza undoubtedly was in a frolicsome humour.

The Far Horizon |Lucas Malet
The lady, laughing, for that she was a frolicsome dame and doubtless had cause to laugh, answered merrily; 'How?

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio |Giovanni Boccaccio

Their lively, frolicsome, sunshiny chatter keeps existence from growing mouldy and stale.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for frolicsome

frolicsome

frolicky

/ (ˈfrɒlɪksəm) /

adjective

given to frolicking; merry and playful

Derived forms of frolicsome

frolicsomely, adverb frolicsomeness, noun