释义 |
archness|ˈɑːtʃnɪs| [f. arch a. + -ness.] The quality of being arch; cleverness, waggishness; good-humoured slyness, pleasantry.
1709Answ. Sacheverell 10 He brought this Archness down the Pulpit Stairs with him. 1753Richardson Grandison (1781) I. i. 6 With a provoking archness in her looks. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit. xi. 242 The wise Socrates treats this matter with a certain archness. |