Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FROL'ICK, a. [G. fröhlich; froh, glad, and lich, like; D. vrolyk; Dan. fro, glad; Sw. frögdelig, from frögd, joy, frögda, to exhilarate; Ar. فَرَحَ faracha, to be glad, to rejoice. Class Brg, No. 6. Probably allied to free.]

Gay; merry full of levity; dancing, playing or frisking about; full of pranks. The frolick wind that breathes the spring. Milton. The gay, the frolick, and the loud. Waller. [This adjective is seldom used except in poetry. As a noun and a verb, its use is common.]