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Meaning of FROLICSOME

Pronunciation:  'frâliksum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
 
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 Synonyms: coltish, frolicky, playful, rollicking, sportive
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Frol"ic*some\, a.
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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: animated, antic, capersome, coltish, exuberant, frisky, full of beans, gamesome, gay, hearty, impish, lively, merry, mischievous, playful, roguish, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, skittish, spirited, sportful, sportive, sprightly, vital, vivacious, waggish, zestful, zippy
 

 

 

 

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