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frolick

frolick is the archaic spelling of frolic.

Meaning of frolic

Adjective

frolic (comparative more frolic, superlative most frolic)

  1. (archaic) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
    • The frolick wind that breathes the Spring,
      Zephyr with Aurora playing,
      As he met her once a Maying
      There on Beds of Violets blew,1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems, London: Humphrey Moseley, page 31
  2. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.

See all 7 meanings of frolic

Forms of frolick

Adjective
comparativemore frolick
superlativemost frolick
Noun
pluralfrolicks
Verb
third-person singular presentfrolicks
present participlefrolicking
past participlefrolicked
pastfrolicked

Questions about frolick

What is frolick the archaic spelling of?
Frolick is the archaic spelling of frolic.

Words near frolick in the dictionary

  1. frolic
  2. frolic of his own
  3. frolic pad
  4. frolic pads
  5. frolicful
  6. frolick
  7. frolicked
  8. frolicker
  9. frolickers
  10. frolicketh
  11. frolicking

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