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frolic(dictionary)
frolic 1, verb(dictionary)
frolic 2, noun(dictionary)

frolic (iou)



frolic adjective, verb, & noun. E16.
[Dutch vrolijk adjective, from Middle & mod. Dutch vro glad, joyous + -lijk -LY1.]
A. adjective.
Joyous, merry, mirthful; sportive, full of pranks. arch. E16.
G. Etherege Then sparkling champagne..Makes us frolic and gay. E. Darwin Galantha..prints with frolic step the melting snows.
Free, liberal. Foll. by of. Only in L16.
b. verb. Infl. -ck-.
verb intrans. Play pranks, gambol, caper about (with). Formerly also, make merry. L16.
Byron Its bounding crystal frolick'd in the ray. J. Ruskin Horses..frolicking with each other.
verb trans. Make joyous or merry. Also, entertain by giving parties to. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
O. Feltham Virtue..gives such Cordials, as frolick the heart. W. Irving By dint of dinners, of feeding and frolicking the town.
C. noun.
In pl. Humorous verses circulated at a feast. E-M17.
An outburst of fun, gaiety, or merriment; a prank. M17.
B. Franklin I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolics of any kind. J. R. Lowell He..often filled whole pages..with the gay frolics of his pencil.
b. Fun, merriment, gaiety. L17.
B. Jowett All young creatures are full of motion and frolic.
c. A whim. rare. E18.
A scene or occasion of gaiety or mirth; a merrymaking, a merry party. M17.
H. Martineau They meant to have a reaping frolic when the corn should be ripe.
frolicker noun E19.
frolicky adjective = FROLICSOME M18.
frolicly adverb mirthfully, gaily L16-L17.
frolicness noun: only in 17.