Puckish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpÊŒkɪʃ/

Origin

After Puck, a mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Full definition of puckish

Adjective

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 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy

Synonyms

• mischievous: impish, mischievous, playful

Anagrams

• hickups