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}]