adj
Meaning 1
Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
frolicsome
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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frŏl'iksəm
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/ˈfrɒlɪksəm/
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/ˈfrɑlɪksəm/ father-bother merger
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rhymes with -ɒlɪksəm
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
given to merry frolicking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coltish, frolicky, rollicking, sportive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From frolic + -some.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: игрив (igriv) — given to frolicking
- Bulgarian: веселив (veseliv) — given to frolicking
- Esperanto: petola — given to frolicking
- Finnish: leikkisä — given to frolicking
- French: espiègle — given to frolicking
- French: badin — given to frolicking
- French: folâtre — given to frolicking
- Georgian: ცელქი (celki) — given to frolicking
- Georgian: ანცი (anci) — given to frolicking
- Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli) — given to frolicking
- Georgian: მკვირცხლი (mḳvircxli) — given to frolicking
- Irish: foléimneach — given to frolicking
- Irish: aerach — given to frolicking
- Latin: lūdibundus — given to frolicking
- Norman: folâtre — given to frolicking
- Polish: swawolny — given to frolicking
- Polish: figlarny — given to frolicking
- Spanish: retozón — given to frolicking
- Spanish: juguetón — given to frolicking