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frolicsome, a.|ˈfrɒlɪksəm|
Also frolicksom(e.
[f. frolic v. or n. + -some.]
Full of frolic; gay, merry, mirthful.
1699Shaftesbury Virtue ii. ii. iii, A gay and frolicksome Delight in what is injurious to others. 1724R. Falconer Voy. (1769) 86 Instead of coming on board to be frolicksome and merry, we should have given Thanks. 1791Boswell Johnson Ded., Dr. Clarke..was unbending himself..in the most playful and frolicksome manner. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 147 In their frolicksome malice the Fates had ordered that a French boarding-house..should be established directly opposite my aunt's residence. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. x, Mingled with the more decent holiday-makers there were frolicsome apprentices.
Hence ˈfrolicsomely adv., ˈfrolicsomeness.
1727Bailey, Frolicksomness. 1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 23 They gave way..to the..mischievous frolicsomeness..of advanced boyhood. 1874T. Hardy Madding Crowd I. xiii. 163 ‘Capital!’ she exclaimed, throwing down the letter frolicsomely. 188.R. G. H[ill] Voices in Solitude 195 The fresh breeze..frolicsomely flaps them on her breast. |