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rollicksome

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

adjective

  1. rollicking; frolicsome.


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Etymology

Origin of rollicksome

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

Example Sentences

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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 James M. Preston

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 Elbert Hubbard

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 Mary Mapes Dodge

The cause was very evident, for there was Larry in the midst of a group of seamen, dancing an Irish jig to the tune of one of his most rollicksome songs.

From Paddy Finn by Archibald Webb

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

From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton

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