frolicsome

adj
/ˈfrɒlɪksəm/

Etymology

From frolic + -some.

  1. derived from *frawaz
  2. derived from *frawalīkaz
  3. derived from frōlīk
  4. derived from vrolijc
  5. derived from vrolijk
  6. suffixed as frolicsome — “frolic + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by frolicking

    Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.

    • A rollicksome frolicsome rare old cock / As ever did nothing was our dog Jock; / A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast, / As slow at a fight, as swift at a feast […]
    • To some, the very word "playsuit", with its frolicsome associations, will induce the conviction that this is not an item of clothing to be seen alive in.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at frolicsome. 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.

01frolicsome02frolicking03frolics04frolic05merry06jolly07merriment08playful

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

8 hops · closes at frolicsome

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