larky

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lark +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

larky (comparative larkier, superlative larkiest)

  1. playful
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      You fancy yourself a larky buck, but there's alchemy between Jocasta and I you cannot begin to fathom. She'll fall out of love with you the moment you threaten us.
    • 2009 February 8, “Quotes of the week ...”, in The Observer[1]:
      This is Mr Wilson being larky, by the way.

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