Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frolic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frolic \Frol"ic\ (fr[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G.
fr["o]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[=o], Dan. fro, OS. fr[=a]h, cf.
Icel. fr[=a]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring
up.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frolic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frolic \Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frolicked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Frolicking}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frolic
n : gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in
the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: {play}, {romp},
{gambol}, {caper}]
v : play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers
romped in the palyroom" [syn: {lark}, {rollick}, {skylark},
{disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk}, {romp},
{run around}, {lark about}]
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