friskiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English frisky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English friskiness From frisky + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The characteristic or quality of being frisky.
So he let all his chances go by, and the nurses, piqued, let the raw, shy, diffident Australian go by, sensing in him a depth of despair so profound that it made their little games and friskinesses ring as hollow and brittle as the glass balls they hung on the Christmas tree.
1944, Sarah Campion, The Pommy Cow, page 159:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| friskinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
fi leikkisyys (being frisky) · fi vallattomuus (being frisky) · pl dziarskość (being frisky) · pl skoczność (being frisky) · pl rześkość (being frisky) · pl swawolność (being frisky) · pl żwawość (being frisky) · pl energiczność (being frisky) · pl rzutkość (being frisky) · pl rzeźwość (being frisky)