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Definition of Puckish
1. Adjective. Naughtily or annoyingly playful. "A wicked prank"
Similar to: Playful
Derivative terms: Impishness, Mischievousness, Prankishness, Puckishness
Definition of Puckish
1. a. Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.
Definition of Puckish
1. Adjective. mischievous; excessively playful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puckish
1. impish [adj] - See also: impish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puckish
Literary usage of Puckish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis: Studies in Style and Invention. Designed to by John Franklin Genung (1895)
"Her delight in the consciousness of her ingenuity broke out in a thousand «s
puckish freaks, — freaks in which one can hardly see any purpose beyond the ..."
2. Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis.: Studies in Style and Invention. Designed by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"Her delight in the consciousness of her ingenuity broke out in a thousand "5
puckish freaks, — freaks in which one can hardly see any purpose beyond the ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... no worse enemies to criticism and exegesis than puckish fancies and quaint
translations? These be the frisky lizards that do so much harm to the ..."
4. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1875)
"in a thousand puckish freaks, freaks in which one can hardly see any purpose
beyond the purpose of sheer mystification. She revelled in " bye-ways " and ..."
5. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1896)
"Her delight in the consciousness of her ingenuity broke out in a thousand puckish
freaks, freaks in which one can hardly see any purpose beyond the purpose ..."
6. A short history of the English people by John Richard Green (1874)
"in a thousand puckish freaks, freaks in which one can hardly see any purpose
beyond the purpose of sheer mystification. She revelled in " bye-ways " and ..."
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