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frolique

frolique is the obsolete form of frolic.

Meaning of frolic

Noun

frolic (plural frolics)

  1. Gaiety; merriment.
    • the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.1876, Louisa May Alcott, “The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts”, in Hallberger's Illustrated Magazine: 1876
  2. A playful antic.
    • He would be at his frolic once again.1680, James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon, Art of Poetry
  3. (US, obsolete) A social gathering.
    • He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

See all 7 meanings of frolic

Forms of frolique

pluralfroliques

Words formed from frolique

Questions about frolique

What is frolique the obsolete form of?
Frolique is the obsolete form of frolic.

Words near frolique in the dictionary

  1. frolicness
  2. frolics
  3. frolicsome
  4. frolicsomely
  5. frolicsomeness
  6. frolique
  7. froliquely
  8. froliques
  9. frolleague
  10. frolleagues
  11. frollick

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