frisky

adj
/ˈfɹɪski/

Etymology

From frisk + -y.

  1. derived from *preg- — “greedy, fierce
  2. derived from *frekaz
  3. derived from *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 — “greedy, hungry
  4. derived from fricque
  5. derived from *friskaz — “fresh
  6. derived from frisc — “fresh
  7. derived from frisc — “fresh
  8. derived from frisque — “lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay
  9. inherited from frisk — “lively, frisky
  10. suffixed as frisky — “frisk + y

Definitions

  1. Abounding in energy or playfulness.

    • He had his hands full, with three frisky kittens in the house.
  2. Sexually aroused.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at frisky. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01frisky02aroused03sexually04respect05condolences06comfort07worry08mental09fun10playful

A definitional loop anchored at frisky. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at frisky

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA