puckish
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
After Puck, a mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
puckish (comparative more puckish, superlative most puckish)
- mischievous; excessively playful.
- Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile. - The New Yorker, The Next Crusade by John Cassidy, 09/04/2007 [1]
[edit] Synonyms
- (mischievous): impish, mischievous, playful
