friskyadj.
/ˈfrɪski/, U.S. /ˈfrɪski/ Given to frisking; lively; playful.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated
jollyc1325
lightsomea1382
kedgec1440
fledge?1461
crank1499
frisky?a1500
sprightya1522
frisk1528
sprightful1550
quick-spirited1552
cranking1567
lively1567
quick-sprighted1579
aleger1590
bright-eyed1590
firking1594
sprightly1594
spirituous1601
great-stomached1607
spirity1615
spiritous1628
lifesomec1635
vivacious1645
rattlingc1650
quick-set1653
airy1654
animated1660
sparklinga1704
bob1721
vivace1721
animate1801
high-lifed1859
sassy1859
chippy1865
sparky1883
high-keyed1893
high life1903
peppy1914
pepful1915
jazzy1917
upbeat1947
zappy1969
sparkly1979
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]
jollyc1325
kedgec1440
fledge?1461
frisky?a1500
sprightya1522
frisk1528
sprightful1550
quick-spirited1552
lively1567
quick-sprighted1579
alive-like1582
aleger1590
firking1594
sprightly1594
sportive1595
mettled1599
alives-like1601
spirited1601
spirituous1601
mettle1606
great-stomached1607
free-spirited1613
spirity1615
spiritous1628
vivacious1645
rattlingc1650
sportful1650
airy1654
animated1660
racy1671
mettlesome1673
sparklinga1704
raffing?1719
bob1721
vivace1721
alive1748
lifey1793
spunky1831
gilpie1835
bubbling1860
chippy1865
bubblesome1879
colourful1882
sparky1883
bubbly1912
jazzy1917
spritzy1973
sparkly1979
kicking1983
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > capering > given to
frisky?a1500
whiskish1599
friskful1728
?a1500 Ragman Roll 132 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 75 And your foot ye tappyn, and ye daunce, Thogh hit the fryskyst horse were in a towne.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clx. [clvi.] 279 a The lorde of Clary..was a frisca, and a lusty knyght.
1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid vii. 203 By the Heat in Frisky Bells the Liquors dance.
1780 F. Burney Lett. July She was as gay, flighty, entertaining, and frisky as ever.
1812 Ld. Byron Waltz vii His Sancho thought The knight's fandango friskier than it ought.
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 291 Away they trip it, like so many frisky buffalo calves.
1870 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean xiv. 450 The Negroes..of all ages, from frisky, merry little children to decrepit old men.
1885 Manch. Examiner 2 May 6/2 The dogs, at once sagacious and frisky, have been admirably drawn.
Derivatives
ˈfriskily adv. in a frisky manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb]
trenchmore1577
frolicly1592
ahoit1598
hoity-toity1734
rollickingly1842
friskily1862
tricksily1866
frolicsomely1874
prankishly1883
larkingly1896
daffingly1902
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner
quicklyOE
heartilya1450
vively1471
sprightlya1584
sportively1597
sprightfully1597
spiritfully?1609
lifelike1637
sprightlily1739
vivaciously1815
rattlingly1824
friskily1862
spirity1865
sparklingly1879
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb]
quicklyOE
heartilya1450
sprightlya1584
sprightfully1597
spiritfully?1609
lifelike1637
sprightlily1739
spiritedly1750
livelily1751
spirituously1751
good-temperedly1776
spiritly1796
vivaciously1815
animately1822
rattlingly1824
friskily1862
spirity1865
sparklingly1879
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adverb] > in capering manner
caperingly1652
friskily1862
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. viii. 74 The white bear gambols..friskily after his meal on human flesh.
1894 Daily News 20 Mar. 3/1 The brims to hats are friskily curved.
ˈfriskiness n. the quality or state of being frisky.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [noun]
sportfulnessa1586
sportiveness1601
frolicknessa1617
gamesomeness1631
ludibundness1664
playfulness1673
playsomeness1676
friskiness1727
sportability1768
coquetry1794
toyfulness1838
larkiness1896
kittenishness1905
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness
jollinessc1386
liveliheadc1425
quicknessc1425
vyfnes1475
ramagec1485
couragea1498
liveliness1534
spritec1540
livelihood1566
life1583
sprightliness1599
sprightfulness1602
ruach1606
sprightiness1607
sparkle1611
airiness1628
vivacy1637
spiritfulness1644
spirit1651
vivacity1652
spiritedness1654
brightness1660
sprightness1660
ramageness1686
race1690
friskiness1727
spirituousness1727
vivaciousness1727
brio1731
raciness1759
phlogiston1789
animation1791
lifefulness1829
pepper-and-salt1842
corkiness1845
aliveness1853
vitality1858
music1859
virtu1876
liveness1890
zippiness1907
bounce1909
zing1917
radioactivity1922
oomph1937
pizzazz1937
zinginess1938
hep1946
vavoom1962
welly1977
masala1986
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun]
jollinessc1386
liveliheadc1425
quicknessc1425
vyfnes1475
couragea1498
liveliness1534
livelihood1566
life1583
sprightliness1599
sprightfulness1602
sprightiness1607
airiness1628
vivacy1637
spirit1651
vivacity1651
spiritedness1654
brightness1660
friskiness1727
spirituousness1727
vivaciousness1727
animoseness1730
brio1731
animation1791
lifefulness1829
corkiness1845
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > quality
friskiness1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Friskiness.
1778 F. Burney Jrnl. 3 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 61 I left him..to make his own comments, upon my friskiness.
1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 172 An outpouring of intellectual friskiness.
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