Meanings
nounfriskiness (usually uncountable, plural friskinesses)
plural friskinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe characteristic or quality of being frisky.
So he let all his chances go by, and the nurses, piqued, let the raw, shy, diffident Australian go by, sensing in him a depth of despair so profound that it made their little games and friskinesses ring as hollow and brittle as the glass balls they hung on the Christmas tree.
1944, Sarah Campion, The Pommy Cow, page 159
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish vallattomuus, leikkisyys
- vallattomuusbeing frisky
- leikkisyysbeing frisky
Polish skoczność, żwawość
- skocznośćbeing frisky
- żwawośćbeing frisky
- swawolnośćbeing frisky
- rzutkośćbeing frisky
- energicznośćbeing frisky
- dziarskośćbeing frisky
- rześkośćbeing frisky
- rzeźwośćbeing frisky
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friskiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friskiness
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“friskiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friskiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “friskiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friskiness.
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