Frolic (Verb)
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Pronunciation: [‘frah-lik]
Definition 1: To make merry, to gambol, to romp or caper about worry-free.
Usage 1: Don’t forget to add the [k] to today’s word when extending it with suffixes like "frolicker," "frolicked," or "frolicking" (compare: traffic : trafficker, picnic : picnicker). A person in the mood to frolic is "frolicsome." I hope you know many frolicsome people.
Suggested usage: Like "gambol," today’s word is usually associated with children and animals: "Serafina and Giorgio sat on the porch, watching the children and squirrels frolicking together on the front lawn." Of course, it may be used figuratively to simply refer to a mirthful time, "I heard that Phil Anders and Emma Chisit frolicked the weekend away in Las Vegas."
Etymology: From Dutch vrolijk "merry" from Middle Dutch vro "happy" + -lijc "-ly, like." Akin to German fröhlich "happy." The suffix here comes from the Old English ancestor of "like," which reduced itself to –ly in Modern English. However, "like" is now making a comeback in such words as "lady-like," "bell-like," "fern-like." These words are currently compound nouns comprising some word plus the regular word, "like," but 300 years from now "like" will again reduce to affix, either merging with the current suffix –ly or assuming a similar form.
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
