- Today's Word
Frolicacious
[froh-li-key-shuhs]
Definition
- (adjective) A whimsical fusion of “frolic” and “delicious,” this term describes an experience, activity, or state of being that is delightfully playful, indulgent, and overflowing with uninhibited revelry, evoking a sense of carefree joy and delicious abandon.
Example
The annual water park celebration was a true frolicacious affair, with visitors of all ages frolicking in the pools, splashing down the slides, and indulging in the delicious revelry of childlike play, their laughter and squeals of delight filling the air with an infectious spirit of frolicacious merriment.
Fun Fact
The concept of “frolicacious” celebrates the idea that certain experiences or environments can ignite a state of pure, uninhibited play and delicious indulgence within individuals, inviting them to embrace their inner child and revel in the frolicacious delights of carefree joy and playful abandon. It suggests an atmosphere so conducive to playful revelry that it evokes a sense of delicious indulgence, where the soul is free to frolic and indulge in the frolicacious pleasures of unrestrained merriment.
(adjective) Overly concerned with formal rules, details, or academic accuracy—especially in a way that feels nitpicky or condescending.
His pedantic lecture about the placement of commas made the entire class groan.
Late 16th century: from French pédantique, from pédant (pedant), originally meaning “a schoolmaster or teacher.”