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Meanings of frolicsomeness in English

Spanish
animación

Lively high-spirited playfulness.

animación
Synonyms
Examples for "friskiness"
Examples for "friskiness"
1
He still retained a little of his old friskiness and spirit of mischief.
Men of Invention and Industry
2
But just then, a colt, full of life and friskiness, galloped past her.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2
3
There is much strength and friskiness in these fresh-water surges.
Fun and Frolic
4
But take care that no friskiness comes over you.
The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1
5
The food and Jack's hastily told news had restored Dick to something like his old friskiness.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
1
The light from the lamp without flickered on it in gruesome sportiveness.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6
2
She took peculiar delight in my sportiveness and certain sweetness in my external deportment.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
3
Then he would play with his vixen, she encouraging him with her pretty sportiveness.
Lady into Fox
4
As a rule, the Brother's sportiveness only disquieted him.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
5
Angela took her sister's reckless speech for mere sportiveness.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
Usage of frolicsomeness in English
1
There was a sort of delicate frolicsomeness in his thought.
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
2
They were a group of merry youngsters, almost maddened with the exuberant frolicsomeness of their years.
The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1
3
At such seasons, and they were very frequent, he took great pleasure in making me the victim of his frolicsomeness.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888
4
But if Beethoven's scherzos often lack frolicsomeness, they are endowed with humour, whereas Chopin's have neither the one nor the other.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
5
Indeed, scorn-anelement which does not belong to what is generally understood by either frolicsomeness or humour-playsan important part in Chopin's scherzos.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
6
While she was dancing she held the attention of all; everybody's eyes followed her sinuous movements, now indicative of glowing passion, now of frolicsomeness.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
7
They tease one another, butt with their horns in fun, run off, return, pretend new attacks and new flights with charming agility and frolicsomeness.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 / Germany, Austria-H...
8
While the pool putrefies under the summer sun, God slips the rill off of the rocks with a frolicsomeness that fills the mountain with echo.
Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talma...
Translations for frolicsomeness
Frolicsomeness through the time