prankish

  • 21implike — adjective naughtily or annoyingly playful (Freq. 2) teasing and worrying with impish laughter a wicked prank • Syn: ↑arch, ↑impish, ↑mischievous, ↑pixilated, ↑prankish, ↑ …

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  • 22prankishness — noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks • Syn: ↑rascality, ↑roguishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑roguish (for: ↑roguishness), ↑prankish • …

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  • 23puckish — adjective naughtily or annoyingly playful (Freq. 1) teasing and worrying with impish laughter a wicked prank • Syn: ↑arch, ↑impish, ↑implike, ↑mischievous, ↑pixilated, ↑ …

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  • 24prank´ish|ness — prank|ish «PRANG kihsh», adjective. 1. full of pranks; fond of pranks: »a prankish pupil. 2. like a prank: »a prankish idea. –prank´ish|ly, adverb. –prank´ish|ness, noun …

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  • 25prank´ish|ly — prank|ish «PRANG kihsh», adjective. 1. full of pranks; fond of pranks: »a prankish pupil. 2. like a prank: »a prankish idea. –prank´ish|ly, adverb. –prank´ish|ness, noun …

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  • 26prank|ish — «PRANG kihsh», adjective. 1. full of pranks; fond of pranks: »a prankish pupil. 2. like a prank: »a prankish idea. –prank´ish|ly, adverb. –prank´ish|ness, noun …

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  • 27prank|some — «PRANGK suhm», adjective. = prankish. (Cf. ↑prankish) …

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  • 28impish — imp ish ([i^]mp [i^]sh), a. Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp; naughtily or annoyingly playful; as, teasing and worrying with impish laughter. Syn: elfish, elvish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish.… …

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  • 29Ariel — noun Date: circa 1612 a prankish spirit in Shakespeare s The Tempest …

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  • 30tricksy — adjective (tricksier; est) Etymology: tricks, plural of trick Date: 1552 1. archaic smartly attired ; spruce 2. full of tricks ; prankish 3. a …

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