rollicksomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒlɪks(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈrɑlɪksəm/

Forms: 1800s rolicsome, 1800s– rolicksome, 1800s– rollicksome.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rollick v., -some suffix¹; rollick n., -some suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < rollick v. + -some suffix¹, and partly < rollick n. + -some suffix¹.

That rollicks or is characterized by rollicking; joyous, lively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]

ramping1484

rampish1530

frolic?1548

prankya1556

hoiting1594

tricksy1598

tida1641

frolickish1660

romping1662

hoity-toity1690

rompish1696

frolicsome1699

friskful1728

highty-tighty1737

frolicky1748

prankish1776

rollicking1786

prankfula1795

pranksome1810

tricksome1815

espiègle1816

larkish1823

skylarking1826

larking1828

rompy1838

larky1841

rollicksome1841

Pucklike1845

rollicky1846

frolicful1848

larksome1871

puckish1874

horseplayish1882

frolicking1887

tricksical1889

shenaniganning1924

1841 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 675 Mike remains attached to our fortune firmly, as at first he opened his career; the same gay, rollicksome Irishman.

1847 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 67/2 The loud rolicsome sports in which he had hitherto been a leader.

1885 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Oct. 6/4 Highly fed and highly-wined masculine American, society, finding its gross expression in a covert rollicksome debauchery of sympathy for the persecutors of girlhood.

1941 Ethics 52 81 As for masculine heroism in the Battle of the Ballot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman has touched it to its proper glory in a rhyme just rolicksome enough to befit its ridiculousness.

1962 V. M. Roberts On Stage iv. 63 Titillating situations, rollicksome dialogue, and vivid characters mark the best of Plautus.

2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian (2006) xxx. 285 They also had care of their daughter's child, a chubby rollicksome little girl called Nadezhda.

Derivatives

ˈrollicksomeness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness

rompishness1711

frolicsomeness1727

espièglerie1816

prankfulness1830

prankishness1838

rollickingness1860

rollicksomeness1861

pranksomeness1876

larkishnessa1893

larkiness1896

puckishness1900

1861 Harper's Mag. June 107/1 Punch seated on the cushion, barking recklessly, and entering into the rolicksomeness of sleighing with an almost human enjoyment.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxxiii Jack is obliged..to bottle up his money, his rollicksomeness and sentimentality.

1913 P. Hale Boston Symphony Orchestra Programme 162 (advt.) You can play with the snap and rollicksomeness—all the tenderness and pathos of old.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rollicksome
释义	rollicksomeadj. Brit. /ˈrɒlɪks(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɑlɪksəm/ Forms: 1800s rolicsome, 1800s– rolicksome, 1800s– rollicksome. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rollick v., -some suffix¹; rollick n., -some suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < rollick v. + -some suffix¹, and partly < rollick n. + -some suffix¹. That rollicks or is characterized by rollicking; joyous, lively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 1841 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 675 Mike remains attached to our fortune firmly, as at first he opened his career; the same gay, rollicksome Irishman. 1847 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 67/2 The loud rolicsome sports in which he had hitherto been a leader. 1885 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Oct. 6/4 Highly fed and highly-wined masculine American, society, finding its gross expression in a covert rollicksome debauchery of sympathy for the persecutors of girlhood. 1941 Ethics 52 81 As for masculine heroism in the Battle of the Ballot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman has touched it to its proper glory in a rhyme just rolicksome enough to befit its ridiculousness. 1962 V. M. Roberts On Stage iv. 63 Titillating situations, rollicksome dialogue, and vivid characters mark the best of Plautus. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian (2006) xxx. 285 They also had care of their daughter's child, a chubby rollicksome little girl called Nadezhda. Derivatives ˈrollicksomeness n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness rompishness1711 frolicsomeness1727 espièglerie1816 prankfulness1830 prankishness1838 rollickingness1860 rollicksomeness1861 pranksomeness1876 larkishnessa1893 larkiness1896 puckishness1900 1861 Harper's Mag. June 107/1 Punch seated on the cushion, barking recklessly, and entering into the rolicksomeness of sleighing with an almost human enjoyment. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxxiii Jack is obliged..to bottle up his money, his rollicksomeness and sentimentality. 1913 P. Hale Boston Symphony Orchestra Programme 162 (advt.) You can play with the snap and rollicksomeness—all the tenderness and pathos of old. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1841
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