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▪ I. frolic, n.|ˈfrɒlɪk|
[f. frolic v. or a.]
1. An outburst of fun, gaiety, or mirth; a prank. Also, † a flourish (on the drum). on the frolic: on the ‘spree’.
a1635Corbet To Ld. Mordaunt 110 Whiles the bold Drum Strikes up his Frolick, through the Hall they come. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 311 Thou and I will enjoy our selves in uncontrouled Frolicks, and Discourse. 1681Dryden Sp. Friar iii. iii, I was upon the frolic this evening, and came to visit thee in masquerade. 1700Cibber Love makes Man v. iii, What, is my deary in her frolics already? 1784Franklin Autobiog. Wks. 1840 I. 101, I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolics of any kind. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxx, But mark you, it shall be the last of my frolics. 1873Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 176 He..often filled whole pages..with the gay frolics of his pencil.
b. Fun, merriment, sportive mirth.
1676D'Urfey Mad. Fickle iii. i, There's mirth and frolick in 't. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 282 To such a madness of frolick and intemperance. 1774Goldsm. Retal. 52 Alas, that such frolic should now be so quiet! a1839Praed Poems (1864) I. 276 Those who meet as we have met, In frolic and in laughter. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 39 All young creatures are full of motion and frolic.
c. = whim.
1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Apr., If the frolic should take you of going to Bath, I here send you a note on Parvisol.
2. A scene or occasion of gaiety or mirth; a merry-making; a party. In U.S. = bee 4. Also preceded by some modifying word, as reaping-frolic, water-frolic.
c1645Howell Lett. vi. 37, I intend to wait on you, and give you a frolik. 1663Cowley Cutter Coleman St. v. x, We hit upon this Frolick, Colonel, only for a kind o' Mask..to celebrate your Nuptials. 1770F. Burney Early Diary 20 Apr., I told him of my frolick for Friday. 1817J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 292 This operation is almost always the subject of what they term a frolic, or in some places, a bee. 1833H. Martineau Briery Creek i. 18 They meant to have a reaping frolic when the corn should be ripe. It should be a pic-nic. 1895E. Anglia Gloss., Frolic, water-frolic, a gala, regatta, or water-picnic.
†3. ? Humorous verses circulated at a feast. Obs.
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass ii. viii, To see him..drinke vnto 'hem; And then talke baudy: and send frolicks! O! 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xiv. §2. 244 Moveable as Shittlecockes..or as Frolicks at Feasts, sent from man to man, returning againe at last, to the first man.
†4. A plaything; toy. Obs.
1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vii. 136 Apples were dedicated unto her, and her image commonly made with such fruit, as a frolick in her hand.
Hence ˈfrolicful a.; ˈfrolicky a., full of frolic, frolicsome.
1848Craig, Frolicful. 1748Richardson Clarissa V. xxiv. 209 A little too frolicky that air—Yet have I prepared my Beloved to expect..great vivacity and quality-freedom. 1751Ibid. (ed. 4) V. x. 68 Yet may we..make a good frolicky half-day with them. 1883E. W. Nye Baled Hay 88 They was just frolicky and gay because they felt good.
▪ II. frolic, a.|ˈfrɒlɪk|
Forms: 6–8 frol(l)i(c)k(e, (6 fralicke, fro(w)lyke), 6–9 frolique, (7 frœlich), 6– frolic.
[a. Du. vrolijk (in Kilian vrolick), = OS. *frôlîc (whence frôlîco adv.), OHG. frôlîch (MHG. vrôlich, vrœlic, mod.Ger. fröhlich); f. MDu. vrô = OHG. frô (MHG. vrô, mod.G. froh) glad, joyous.]
1. In early use: Joyous, merry, mirthful. In later use with sense derived from the vb.: Frolicsome, sportive, full of merry pranks.
1538Bale Thre Lawes 1794 And make frowlyke chere, with hey how fryska jolye! c1600Day Begg. Bednall Gr. ii. i. (1881) 30 Fair Love, be frolick; talk no more of death and care. 1632Milton L'Allegro 18 The frolic wind that breathes the spring. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §74 The Nature and Education of Spain restrain'd men from..Gayety, and Frolique humour. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode iv, i, Then sparkling champagne..Makes us frolic and gay. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. 140 Galantha..prints with frolic step the melting snows. 1844Disraeli Coningsby vii. iv, Her voice was rich and sweet; the air she sang..fantastically frolic. 1873Holland A. Bonnic. iii. 60 A thousand forms of frolic life.
absol.a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 182 Blessed are the frolick and joviall. 1711Steele Spect. No. 176 ⁋6 You may find Instances of the Haughty, the Proud, the Frolick, the Stubborn, who are each of them in secret downright Slaves. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Addison Wks. III. 54 The Tatler and Spectator..taught the frolic and the gay to unite merriment with decency.
†b. transf. of colours, wine, etc. Obs.
1606Drayton Eclog. iv, Poems, etc., E j b, She ware a frock of frolicke green. 1644Quarles Barnabas & B. 2 Eat thy bread with a merry heart, and gulp down care in frolic cups of liberal wine. 1648Herrick Hesper., Ode for B. Jonson, And yet, each Verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolick wine.
†2. Free; liberal. Const. of. Obs.—1
1593Pass. Morrice 79 Shee began to perceave that Master Anthonie was changed, being nothing so frolick of his kindness as he had been.
3. quasi-adv. or int.
1594Lodge Wounds Civ. War (1883) 19 Frolike braue Souldiers wee must foote it now. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. iii. 184 Therefore frolicke, we will hence forthwith.
4. Comb., as frolic-hearted adj.
1646Quarles Judgemt. & Mercy Wks. (Grosart) I. 73/2 The vacant houres of frolique-hearted youth.
Hence † ˈfrolickish a., somewhat sportive; † ˈfrolickness, the state of being frolic.
1617Hieron Wks. II. 104 Dost thou maruell at his frollikenesse and iollitie. 1660Charac. Italy To Rdr. A iv, The more frolickish Genius, who no doubt is freer from intended mischief then the thoughtful man, will disgest it. a1679T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. 199 Mirth, Jollity, Frolickness of youth, as you call them. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus ii. (1726) 453 Frolickness of Fancy.
▪ III. frolic, v.|ˈfrɒlɪk|
Inflected frolicked, frolicking.
[f. the adj.; cf. Flem. frolicken (Kilian), also Ger. frohlocken (where the second element is of obscure origin).]
1. intr. To make merry; in later use, to play pranks, gambol, caper about. Also, to frolic it.
1593Tell-Troth's N.Y. Gift 29 They frolique both in glory. 1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. i. 52 'Tis Whitson⁓tyde, and we must frolick it. 1624Ford Sun's Darling v. i, I come to frolic with you, and to cheer Your drooping souls by vigour of my beams. a1677Barrow Wks. (1687) I. xiv. 201 Those who can devise no other subjects to frollick upon beside these. Ibid. 205 It would not be seemly to frolick it thus. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 257 Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind. 1780Johnson Lett. 11 Apr., My mistress..laughs, and frisks, and frolicks it all the long day. 1823Byron Island iii. iii, Its bounding crystal frolick'd in the ray. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Poet Wks. (Bohn) I. 158 Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 181 Horses..frolicking with each other when they had a chance.
quasi-trans.1798Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) II. 194 'Twas theirs..To laugh, intrigue, and frolic life away.
2. trans.
†a. To make joyous or merry (obs.)
b. [from the n.] To give ‘frolics’ or parties to.
1583Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 81 Also mye companions in country cittye be frollickt. 1627–77Feltham Resolves i. lxxv. Wks. 115 Virtue..gives such Cordials, as frolick the heart, in the press of adversity. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 137 By dint of dinners, of feeding and frolicking the town, the Giblet family worked themselves into notice.
Hence ˈfrolicking vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˈfrolicker, one who frolicks; ˈfrolickery ? nonce-wd. [see -ery], buffoonery.
1676H. Teonge Diary (1825) 165 All the day following they spend in frollikeing with their women. c1741Brainerd in Edwards Life i. (1851) 3 Addicted to young company or frolicing (as it is called). 1786F. Burney Diary Nov., In the midst of this frolicking..the King entered. 1801in D. L. Leonard Papers Ohio Ch. Hist. Soc. (1894) V. 48 Swearers and Sabbath-breakers, frolickers and dancers were pricked and crying for mercy. 1829Cobbett Adv. to Lover §147 Winter is the great season for jaunting and dancing (called frolicking) in America. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 408 He took to the trade in frolickery. 1872‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. i. 11 A long summer day's laborious frolicking. 1887Bowen Virg. Eclog. ii. 64 Frolicking she-goat roves to the cytisus flower to be fed. |