In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
FROLIC
play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
(noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; “it was all done in play”; “their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly”
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
(verb) play boisterously; “The children frolicked in the garden”; “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”; “The toddlers romped in the playroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frolic (comparative more frolic, superlative most frolic)
(now rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief. [from 1530s]
(obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
Verb
frolic (third-person singular simple present frolics, present participle frolicking, simple past and past participle frolicked)
(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]
(transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.
Noun
frolic (plural frolics)
Gaiety; merriment. [from 1610s]
A playful antic.
(obsolete, chiefly, US) A social gathering.
Source: Wiktionary
Frol"ic, a. Etym: [D. vroolijk; akin to G. frölich, fr. froh, OHG. fr, Dan. fro, OS. fr, cf. Icel. fr swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.]
Definition: Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton. The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller.
Frol"ic, n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.
2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
Frol"ic, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.]
Definition: To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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