waggish

English

Etymology

From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) +‎ -ish.

Adjective

waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)

1. witty, jocular, like a wag
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 48, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     [H]ere Pen was immensely waggish, and caused hysteric giggles of delight from the ladies […]

2. mischievous, tricky

Derived terms

• waggishly
• waggishness

Translations

mischievous, tricky

• Bulgarian: закачлив (bg) (zakačliv), шеговит (bg) (šegovit)
• Russian: озорно́й (ru) m (ozornój)
• Tagalog: mapanukso

Anagrams

• whiggas