frolicky

English

Etymology

From frolic +‎ -y.

Adjective

frolicky (comparative more frolicky, superlative most frolicky)

1. frolicsome
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     Now , Belford , although there is nothing striking in any of these characters ; yet may we , at a pinch , make a good frolicky half - day with them

   • 2020, Alex Bernstein, Miserable Love Stories:

     DERRICK: You should be with some fun, frolicky guy. And I should be with someone I don't make crazy.
     JOHN: I don't want someone fun and frolicky. I want you.

   • 2023, Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan:

     In June 2020 they post a black square and from then on, they post frolicky Black women in the company's cottage core aesthetic and say they acknowledge they have to do better

References

• “frolicky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.