| 释义 |
† ˈfrisco Obs.
Also 6 frysca, frischo, 7 friska, friskoe; pl. -os, -oes, -as.
[? Pseudo-It. form of frisk n.]
1. A brisk movement in dancing; a caper.
1519Interl. 4 Elem. (1848) 45 That shall both daunce and spryng..With fryscas and with gambawdes round. 1566J. Partridge Plasidas B iij, With fetching frischoes here and there. 1598R. Barckley Felic. Man i. (1603) 38 Hee fetched at the last such a frisco, that he fell downe and brake his neck. 1608R. Armin Nest. Ninn. (1880) 56 Shee longed to heare his friscoes morallized, and his gambals set downe. 1634Ford P. Warbeck iii. ii, Observe the friska, be enchanted With the rare discord of bells, pipes, and tabours. 1675H. Teonge Diary (1825) 50 Having taken their frisco, returnd as they cam.
2. Applied to a person as a term of endearment. (Cf. friskin 2.)
a1652Brome New Acad. i. Wks. 1873 II. 3 Where's my Boykin? my Friskoe? my Delight? |