单词 | archness |
释义 | archnessn. The quality of being arch; cleverness, waggishness; good-humoured slyness, pleasantry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > state or character waggishness1591 wagship1608 archness1709 roguishness1816 1709 Answ. Sacheverell 10 He brought this Archness down the Pulpit Stairs with him. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. i. 4 With a provoking archness in her looks. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude xi. 242 The wise Socrates treats this matter with a certain archness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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