Meanings
comparative more frolicsome · superlative most frolicsome · alternative frolicksome
- Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
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.
2007 May 10, “Pick of the week - playsuits”, in The Guardian1 more example
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 […]
a. 1884, James Payn, On Our Dog Jock
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiven to merry frolicking
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian игрив, веселив
- игрив (igriv)given to frolicking
- веселив (veseliv)given to frolicking
Esperanto petola
- petolagiven to frolicking
Finnish leikkisä
- leikkisägiven to frolicking
French espiègle, badin
- espièglegiven to frolicking
- badingiven to frolicking
- folâtregiven to frolicking
Irish foléimneach, aerach
- foléimneachgiven to frolicking
- aerachgiven to frolicking
Latin lūdibundus
- lūdibundusgiven to frolicking
Polish swawolny, figlarny
- swawolnygiven to frolicking
- figlarnygiven to frolicking
Spanish retozón, juguetón
- retozóngiven to frolicking
- juguetóngiven to frolicking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with frolicsome
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frolicsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frolicsome
“frolicsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frolicsome. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frolicsome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frolicsome.
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