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frolic
 
SYLLABICATION:frol·ic
PRONUNCIATION:  frlk
NOUN:1. Gaiety; merriment: fun and frolic. 2. A gay, carefree time. 3. A playful antic.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: frol·icked, frol·ick·ing, frol·ics
1. To behave playfully and uninhibitedly; romp. 2. To engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing.
ADJECTIVE: Archaic Merry.
ETYMOLOGY:From Dutch vrolijk, merry, from Middle Dutch vrolijc : vro, happy + -lijc, -like; see lk- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:frolick·er —NOUN
 
 
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