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Source: gcide
Frolic \Frol"ic\ (fr[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G.
fr["o]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[=o], Dan. fro, OS. fr[=a]h, cf.
Icel. fr[=a]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring
up.]
Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of
pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

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The frolic wind that breathes the spring. --Milton.

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The gay, the frolic, and the loud. --Waller.

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Source: gcide
Frolic \Frol"ic\, n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.

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He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon.

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2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in
dancing; a merrymaking.

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Source: gcide
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.

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Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.

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