Frolicsome \Frol"ic*some\, a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. --Sir W. Scott. -- {Frol"ic*some*ly}, adv. -- {Frol"ic*some*ness}, n.
frolicsomeness n : lively high-spirited playfulness [syn: {friskiness}, {sportiveness}]