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FROLICKING
FROLIC
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
Verb
frolicking
present participle of frolic
Noun
frolicking (countable and uncountable, plural frolickings)
The act of one who frolics.
He resolutely set his beard against their boyish frolickings, and often held forth like an oracle concerning the vanity thereof.
Source: Wiktionary
FROLIC
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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