Froise
(Froise) n. [OE. froise cf. F. froisser to bruise, E. frush to bruise,] A kind of pancake. See 1st
Fraise. [Written also fraise.]
Frolic
(Frol"ic) a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G. frölich, fr. froh, OHG. fro, Dan. fro, OS. frah, cf. Icel. frar
swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.] Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of
pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
The frolic wind that breathes the spring.
Milton.
The gay, the frolic, and the loud.
Waller. Frolic
(Frol"ic), n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
He would be at his frolic once again.
Roscommon. 2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
Frolic
(Frol"ic), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.] To play wild pranks; to play
tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
Hither, come hither, and frolic and play.
Tennyson. Frolicful
(Frol"ic*ful) a. Frolicsome. [R.]
Frolicky
(Frol"ick*y) a. Frolicsome. [Obs.] Richardson.
Frolicly
(Frol"ic*ly), adv. In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Frolicsome
(Frol"ic*some) a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.
Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her
doctors.
Sir W. Scott. — Frol"ic*some*ly, adv. — Frol"ic*some*ness, n.
