puckish

English

WOTD – 26 April 2007

Etymology

Puck +‎ -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌkɪʃ/

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Adjective

puckish (comparative more puckish, superlative most puckish)

1. 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]

Synonyms

• (mischievous): impish, mischievous, playful

Anagrams

• hickups