frisky \ˈfriskē, -ki\adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: obsolete frisk lively, frisk + -y — more at frisk : inclined to frisk : frolicsome, gay, playful < still dancing with frisky step — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < the mood of the picture is frisky — Bosley Crowther > < too frisky for an old man — Francis Jeffrey >