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Webster 1913 Edition

Frisk

Frisk

,
Adj.
[OF.
frieque
, cf. OHG.
frise
lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. & Sw.
frisk
, Icel.
friskr
. See
Fresh
,
Adj.
]
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Frisk

,
Adj.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Johnson.

Frisk

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frisked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Frisking
.]
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The
frisking
satyrs on the summits danced.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frisk

FRISK

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To leap; to skip; to spring suddenly one way and the other.
The fish fell a frisking in the net.
2.
To dance, skip and gambol in frolic and gaiety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
In vain to frisk or climb he tries.

FRISK

,
Adj.
Lively; brisk; blithe.

FRISK

,
Noun.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety.

Definition 2024

frisk

frisk

English

Adjective

frisk

  1. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

Translations

Noun

frisk ‎(plural frisks)

  1. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

Verb

frisk ‎(third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)

  1. To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
  2. To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.
    The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.

Derived terms

Usage notes

  • The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter frisk or friskt, e-form friske)

  1. fresh
  2. cheerful, lively
  3. fit, sprightly

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskere, indefinite superlative friskest, definite superlative friskeste)

  1. fresh
  2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
  3. well, healthy
  4. refreshing
  5. cheerful (e.g. colours)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

frisk

  1. imperative of friske

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)

  1. fresh
  2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
  3. well, healthy
  4. refreshing
  5. cheerful (e.g. colours)

References

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.

Adjective

frisk

  1. fresh

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)

  1. healthy
  2. fresh; refreshing
    friska luften
    (the) fresh air

Declension

Inflection of frisk
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular frisk friskare friskast
Neuter singular friskt friskare friskast
Plural friska friskare friskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 friske friskare friskaste
All friska friskare friskaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Etymology

From Middle English frisk, from Old French frisque ‎(“lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay”), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch frisc ‎(“fresh”) or Old High German frisc ‎(“fresh”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *friskaz ‎(“fresh”). Cognate with Icelandic frískur ‎(“frisky, fresh”). More at fresh.

Alternative etymology derives frisk from an alteration (due to Old French fresche ‎(“fresh”)) of Old French fricque, frique ‎(“smart, strong, playful, bright”), from Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 ‎(friks, “greedy, hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz ‎(“greedy, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- ‎(“greedy, fierce”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vrec ‎(“greedy, avaricious”), German frech ‎(“insolent”), Old English frec ‎(“greedy, eager, bold, daring, dangerous”). More at freak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹɪsk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

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