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rollicksome

American  
[rol-ik-suhm] / ˈrɒl ɪk səm /

adjective

  1. rollicking; frolicsome.


Other Word Forms

  • rollicksomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of rollicksome

First recorded in 1840–50; rollick + -some 1

Example Sentences

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They fill this window with the rarest, rosiest, most rollicksome flowers.

From An American Girl Abroad by Trafton, Adeline

They did make a song of it, and it was a frolicsome song and pitched to a rollicksome key.

From The Life of the Party by Preston, James M.

By degrees, as Tom deemed it prudent to appear stronger, he would dance the sailors' hornpipe for them, or sing wild, rollicksome songs, or make beautiful rustic seats and bowers for the squaws.

From Po-No-Kah An Indian Tale of Long Ago by Dodge, Mary Mapes

He wasn't "bad"—only he had a rollicksome, flamboyant energy that inundated everything, and made his absence often a blessing devoutly to be wished.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert

These rollicksome, frolicsome, dimpled boy babies—and that they are boys is a fact which I trust will not be denied—he has them everywhere!

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert