rollickyadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒlᵻki/, U.S.

/ˈrɑlɪki/

Forms: 1800s– rollaky (English regional), 1800s– rollicky, 1900s– rolleky (English regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rollick n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < rollick n. + -y suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rollicksome adj. and earlier rollicking adj.

1. Given to or characterized by rollicking; given to boisterous behaviour.

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

1846 Illustr. Family Mag. Jan. 70 Departing at various hours, some stealthily, some link-lighted homewards, some eloquently excited, some downright rollicky.

1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience i. 7 A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky—Swagger of Roderick, heading his clan.

1889 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 106 We men are supposed to be a bold and rollicky lot.

1917 Catholic World Nov. 166 When Dumas or Fielding told a story, they made it as rollicky, as exciting, and even as lewd as possible.

1924 T. Blevins Dreamlike Concern 31 Oct. in L. Lewis It Takes All Kinds (1947) 71 They was rollicky but not rough this time of night.

2002 C. Proctor Midnight Confessions 316 Zach stared out the tavern's grimy window at the street of rutted, half-dried mud slowly beginning to fill with a rollicky waterfront crowd.

2. Extremely funny, hilarious. rare.

ΚΠ

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §278/20 Hilarious,..rollicky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rollicky
释义	rollickyadj. Brit. /ˈrɒlᵻki/, U.S. /ˈrɑlɪki/ Forms: 1800s– rollaky (English regional), 1800s– rollicky, 1900s– rolleky (English regional). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rollick n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < rollick n. + -y suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rollicksome adj. and earlier rollicking adj. 1. Given to or characterized by rollicking; given to boisterous behaviour. 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 1846 Illustr. Family Mag. Jan. 70 Departing at various hours, some stealthily, some link-lighted homewards, some eloquently excited, some downright rollicky. 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience i. 7 A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky—Swagger of Roderick, heading his clan. 1889 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 106 We men are supposed to be a bold and rollicky lot. 1917 Catholic World Nov. 166 When Dumas or Fielding told a story, they made it as rollicky, as exciting, and even as lewd as possible. 1924 T. Blevins Dreamlike Concern 31 Oct. in L. Lewis It Takes All Kinds (1947) 71 They was rollicky but not rough this time of night. 2002 C. Proctor Midnight Confessions 316 Zach stared out the tavern's grimy window at the street of rutted, half-dried mud slowly beginning to fill with a rollicky waterfront crowd. 2. Extremely funny, hilarious. rare. ΚΠ 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §278/20 Hilarious,..rollicky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1846
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