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单词 archness
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archnessn.

/ˈɑːtʃnɪs/
Etymology: < arch adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being arch; cleverness, waggishness; good-humoured slyness, pleasantry.
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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.
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