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Frolic

//ˈfɹɒlɪk// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief. archaic

    "The frolick wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying There on Beds of Violets blew,"

  2. 2
    Free; liberal; bountiful; generous. obsolete, rare
Noun
  1. 1
    Gaiety; merriment.

    "the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun."

  2. 2
    gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement wordnet
  3. 3
    A playful antic.

    "He would be at his frolic once again."

  4. 4
    A social gathering. US, obsolete

    "He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. intransitive

    "We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow."

  2. 2
    play boisterously wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to be merry. archaic, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.

Etymology 2

From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.

Etymology 3

From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.

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