Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frolicsome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frolicsome \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frolicsome
adj : given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated
their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
[syn: {coltish}, {frolicky}, {rollicking}, {sportive}]
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