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frolicksome

frolicksome is the archaic spelling of frolicsome.

Meaning of frolicsome

Adjective

frolicsome (comparative more frolicsome, superlative most frolicsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
    • A rollicksome frolicsome rare old cock / As ever did nothing was our dog Jock; / A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast, / As slow at a fight, as swift at a feast […]a. 1884, James Payn, On Our Dog Jock
    Synonyms:
    frisky, sportive

Forms of frolicksome

comparativemore frolicksome
superlativemost frolicksome

Words formed from frolicksome

Questions about frolicksome

What is frolicksome the archaic spelling of?
Frolicksome is the archaic spelling of frolicsome.

Words near frolicksome in the dictionary

  1. frolicketh
  2. frolicking
  3. frolickingly
  4. frolickings
  5. frolicks
  6. frolicksome
  7. frolicksomely
  8. frolicksomeness
  9. frolicky
  10. frolicly
  11. frolicness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frolicksome (page history and authors); frolicsome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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