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larksome

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lark

2  [lahrk]
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–noun
1. a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
2. innocent or good-natured mischief; a prank.
3. something extremely easy to accomplish, succeed in, or to obtain: That exam was a lark.
–verb (used without object)
4. to have fun; frolic; romp.
5. to behave mischievously; play pranks.
6. Fox Hunting. (of a rider) to take jumps unnecessarily: He tired his horse by larking on the way home.
Origin:
1805–15; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
larker, noun
lark⋅i⋅ness, lark⋅ish⋅ness, noun
lark⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
larkish, larky, adjective
lark⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
larksome, adjective
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Word Origin & History

lark  (v.)
"spree, frolic," 1811, possibly shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang "play rough in the rigging of a ship" (larks were proverbial for high-flying), or from Eng. dial. lake/laik "to play" (c.1300, from O.N. leika "to play") with intrusive -r- common in southern British dialect. The verb lake, considered characteristic of Northern English vocabulary, is the opposite of work but lacks the other meanings of play.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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