frolic








noun

  1. merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
  2. a merrymaking or party.
  3. playful behavior or action; prank.

verb (used without object), frol·icked, frol·ick·ing.

  1. to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp: The children were frolicking in the snow.
  2. to have fun; engage in merrymaking; play merry pranks.

adjective

  1. merry; full of fun.

noun

  1. a light-hearted entertainment or occasion
  2. light-hearted activity; gaiety; merriment

verb -ics, -icking or -icked

  1. (intr) to caper about; act or behave playfully

adjective

  1. archaic, or literary full of merriment or fun

1530s, as an adjective, “joyous, merry,” from Middle Dutch vrolyc (adj.) “happy,” from vro- “merry, glad,” + lyc “like.” Cognate with German fröhlich “happy.” The stem is cognate with Old Norse frar “swift,” Middle English frow “hasty,” from PIE *preu- (see frog (n.1)), giving the whole an etymological sense akin to “jumping for joy.” The verb is first attested 1580s. Related: Frolicked; frolicking. As a noun, from 1610s.

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