larkishadj.
/ˈlɑːkɪʃ/ colloquial.
Of the nature of a ‘lark’; frolicsome.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]
ramping1484
rampish1530
frolic?1548
prankya1556
hoiting1594
tricksy1598
tida1641
frolickish1660
romping1662
hoity-toity1690
rompish1696
frolicsome1699
friskful1728
highty-tighty1737
frolicky1748
prankish1776
rollicking1786
prankfula1795
pranksome1810
tricksome1815
espiègle1816
larkish1823
skylarking1826
larking1828
rompy1838
larky1841
rollicksome1841
Pucklike1845
rollicky1846
frolicful1848
larksome1871
puckish1874
horseplayish1882
frolicking1887
tricksical1889
shenaniganning1924
1823 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) I. 75 She went to see the lamplighter's burying, and the folks were all very merry ‘and quite larkish, in a manner’.
1882 Echo 29 Aug. 1/5 Foote lost his leg owing to amputation caused by a larkish exploit with the Duke of York.
1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up i. ii. 32 The larkish freak of a school-girl.
Derivatives
ˈlarkishness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness
rompishness1711
frolicsomeness1727
espièglerie1816
prankfulness1830
prankishness1838
rollickingness1860
rollicksomeness1861
pranksomeness1876
larkishnessa1893
larkiness1896
puckishness1900
a1893 A. Blackwood Records Life (1896) 14 One other exploit was the result of West's and my larkishness that half.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1823