Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FROLICSOME
coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive
(adjective) given to merry frolicking; “frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frolicsome (comparative more frolicsome, superlative most frolicsome)
Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
Source: Wiktionary
Frol"ic*some, a.
Definition: Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott.
– Frol"ic*some*ly, adv.
– Frol"ic*some*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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