a. [ D. vroolijk; akin to G. frölich, fr. froh, OHG. frō, Dan. fro, OS. frāh, cf. Icel. frār swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up. ] Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. [ 1913 Webster ]
The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Frolicsome. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Frolicsome. [ Obs. ] Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. [ 1913 Webster ]
Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott.
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