frolic

CEFRB2

/ˈfɹɒlɪk/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To play or move about happily and energetically.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.

Examples

  • I want to go for a frolic in the rain.

  • The children frolic in the meadow, chasing butterflies.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.

  2. To cause to be merry.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

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In context

  • We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.

  • By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the frolic of the Carnival.

  • The frolick wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying There on Beds of Violets blew,

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Origin

verb

From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”). The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.