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blithely
English
Etymology
From Middle English blythely, blyþely, bliþeliche, from Old English bl?þel??e (“gladly, blithely”), equivalent to blithe +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?bla?ðli/
Adverb
blithely (comparative more blithely, superlative most blithely)
- Without care, concern, or consideration.
- Synonyms: carelessly, indifferently
- In a joyful, carefree manner.
- Synonyms: gladly, joyfully, merrily
- (obsolete) In a kind manner.
Related terms
- blitheful
- blithefully
- blithefulness
- blithen
- blitheness
- blithesome
Translations
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frolic
English
Alternative forms
- frolick
Etymology
From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch fr?l?k, from Proto-Germanic *frawal?kaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-l?kaz, is cognate with -ly, -like.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??l?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??l?k/
- Rhymes: -?l?k
- Hyphenation: frol?ic
Adjective
frolic (comparative more frolic, superlative most frolic)
- (now rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief. [from 1530s]
- 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro” in Poems, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 31,[1]
- The frolick wind that breathes the Spring,
- Zephyr with Aurora playing,
- As he met her once a Maying
- There on Beds of Violets blew,
- 1682, Edmund Waller, “Of Love” in Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons, London: H. Herringman, 5th edition, 1686, p. 73,[2]
- For women, born to be controul’d,
- Stoop to the forward and the bold,
- Affect the haughty and the proud,
- The gay, the frollick, and the loud.
- 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro” in Poems, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 31,[1]
- (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
Verb
frolic (third-person singular simple present frolics, present participle frolicking, simple past and past participle frolicked)
- (intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]
- (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.
Inflection
Derived terms
- rollick
Translations
Noun
frolic (plural frolics)
- Gaiety; merriment. [from 1610s]
- 1832-1888, Louisa May Alcott
- the annual jubilee […] filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
- 2012 (original 1860), Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun - Page 276:
- By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the frolic of the Carnival.
- 1832-1888, Louisa May Alcott
- A playful antic.
- 1680, James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon, Art of Poetry
- He would be at his frolic once again.
- 1680, James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon, Art of Poetry
- (obsolete, chiefly US) A social gathering.
Translations
See also
- cavort
Related terms
- frolicsome
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “frolic”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
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