rollicksome

English

Etymology

From rollick +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rŏl'ĭksəm, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒlɪksəm/
• (father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑlɪksəm/
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪksəm
• Hyphenation: rol‧lick‧some

Adjective

rollicksome (comparative more rollicksome, superlative most rollicksome)

1. Rollicking; lively, boisterous.
   • 1883, W. H. G. Kingston, chapter V, in Paddy Finn‎:

     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.

   • 1899, William Murray Graydon, chapter XIII, in In Friendship's Guise‎:

     With genuine and heartfelt emotion they shook hands and looked into each other's eyes—these two who had not met for long years, since the rollicksome days of student life in Paris when they had been as intimate as brothers.

   • 1915, John Dutton Wright, chapter XXIV, in What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know‎, page 86:

     Let him see one of the little white beds where he will sleep after you return home, the sunny dining room where he will eat his morning porridge and his Sunday ice cream; the playground full of rollicksome youngsters, with whom he will seesaw and play tag by and by, and the busy schoolroom, where so many delightful and interesting things are sure to happen.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rollicksome.