frolicsomeness

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With the frolicsomeness of a child she let herself be borne along by the waves of joyful excitement that were bounding in her heart.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

It is now chiefly used as a noun or a verb, and a new adjective, frolicsome, has taken its place; from this, again, comes the noun frolicsomeness.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

There was a sort of delicate frolicsomeness in his thought.

From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Glaspell, Susan

As Niecks well says, "There is in them neither frolicsomeness nor humor"—such, for example, as we find in Beethoven's Scherzos—and he suggests that "Capriccio" might be a less misleading designation.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

Elsie was amusing herself with Thomas, trying to cajole him to return to the frolicsomeness of his long-forgotten kittenhood, and did not seem to hear or heed.

From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Finley, Martha