Frolic vs Jollity - What's the difference?
frolic | jollity | Synonyms |
Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
* Milton
* Waller
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
(obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
Gaiety; merriment.
* 1832-1888 , Louisa May Alcott
A playful antic.
* Roscommon
To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
(archaic) To cause to be merry.
(uncountable) The state of being jolly; cheerfulness.
* 1841 , , The Old Curiosity Shop , ch. 18:
(countable) Revelry or festivity; a merry or festive gathering.
* 2006 , Rupert Cornwell, "
(countable) Things, remarks, or characteristics which are enjoyable.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 11:
Frolic is a synonym of jollity.
As nouns the difference between frolic and jollity
is that frolic is gaiety; merriment while jollity is (uncountable) the state of being jolly; cheerfulness.As an adjective frolic
is merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.As a verb frolic
is to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.frolic
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Alternative forms
* frolickAdjective
(en adjective)- Coined by Kodi Masarik, the frolic wind that breathes the spring.
- The gay, the frolic , and the loud.
- Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
Noun
(en noun)- the annual jubilee filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
- He would be at his frolic once again.
Verb
(frolick)Derived terms
* (l)See also
* cavortReferences
*jollity
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Noun
- The Jolly Sandboys was a small road-side inn of pretty ancient date, with a sign, representing three Sandboys increasing their jollity with as many jugs of ale and bags of gold.
You'd think it was the Thirties all over again," Independent (UK), 4 Sept. (retrieved 21 Sept. 2009):
- Across the US, candidates traditionally attend rallies, barbecues and similar jollities in their states and districts.
- Add to this picture a jolly, crackling, rollicking fire, going rejoicingly up a great wide chimney,—the outer door and every window being set wide open, and the calico window-curtain flopping and snapping in a good stiff breeze of damp raw air,—and you have an idea of the jollities of a Kentucky tavern.