frolicsome

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

frolicsome
    adj 1: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students
           celebrated their graduation with parties and practical
           jokes" [syn: {coltish}, {frolicsome}, {frolicky},
           {rollicking}, {sportive}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Frolicsome \Frol"ic*some\, a.
   Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.
   [1913 Webster]

         Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once
         every two or three years, for the benefit of her
         doctors.                                 --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
   -- {Frol"ic*some*ly}, adv. -- {Frol"ic*some*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "frolicsome":
      animated, antic, capersome, coltish, exuberant, frisky,
      full of beans, gamesome, gay, hearty, impish, lively, merry,
      mischievous, playful, roguish, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish,
      skittish, spirited, sportful, sportive, sprightly, vital,
      vivacious, waggish, zestful, zippy

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