frolic
frolic Lexical Profile
frolic Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically.
"The young lambs began to frolic across the sunlit meadow."
• noun
A playful, lively, or mischievous action or movement; a romp or caper.
"The children's afternoon frolic in the sprinkler left the lawn completely soaked."
A merry social gathering or party.
"The harvest festival concluded with a lively neighborhood frolic in the town square."
• adjective
(chiefly literary or archaic) Joyous, merry, or playful.
"The poet described the frolic wind dancing through the autumn leaves."
Word Nuance & Usage
When conjugated as a verb, the final 'c' is spelled 'ck' before suffixes beginning with 'e' or 'i' (frolicked, frolicking) to preserve the hard /k/ pronunciation.
• Rhymes for frolic
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century from Dutch 'vrolijk' (merry, cheerful), derived from Middle Dutch 'vro' (glad, joyous) and the adjectival suffix '-lijk' (cognate with English '-ly').