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puckish, a.|ˈpʌkɪʃ|
[f. puck n.1 + -ish1.]
Of the nature of or characteristic of Puck; impish, mischievous, capricious. Hence ˈpuckishly adv.; ˈpuckishness.
1874Green Short Hist. vii. §3. 365 Her delight..broke out in a thousand puckish freaks. 1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. I. iv. 52 His Puckish fancy jack-o'-lanterning over it. 1900Academy 28 Apr. 365/1 The jeering sea had puckishness enough to return upon its steps. 1972Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 13/5 His feet could not reach the pedals... But when his fingers remained under control..he puckishly turned grace-notes and, in the Gigue, made the music swell imposingly. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 14/4 Vice Chairman Tower adds puckishly, ‘I might say further that the matter of assassinations might be viewed in a broader context of other options that might have been available.’ |