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Definition of Prankishness
1. Noun. The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks.
Generic synonyms: Badness, Mischievousness, Naughtiness
Derivative terms: Prankish, Roguish
Definition of Prankishness
1. Noun. Prankish behaviour; mischief. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prankishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prankishness
Literary usage of Prankishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1905)
"He had, perhaps, more dry humor and prankishness than any other man of his time
in Indianapolis. As he would saunter from his office down Washington street ..."
2. The circular staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1908)
"Like " Penrod" and " Seventeen," this book contains some remarkable phases of
real boyhood and some of the best stories of juvenile prankishness that have ..."
3. Overtones: A Book of Temperaments: Richard Strauss, Parsifal, Verdi, Balzac by James Huneker (1904)
"The color scheme is daring, oppressively high, and at times we near the cosmic
screech. All is prankishness, darting fancy, consuming irony. ..."
4. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"... divided by passion from Shaw however joined to him by wit and prankishness.
Of dialectics, again, Dr. Johnson, like Shaw, often made a mere game, ..."
5. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography by Don Carlos Seitz (1919)
"The stage-line passing his mother's door ran to Lancaster, in Coos County, New
Hampshire, and the lad, with a reputation for prankishness already well ..."
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