prankfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈpraŋkf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈpræŋkf(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank n.², -ful suffix.

Etymology: < prank n.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier prankish adj., pranky adj.

Full of pranks; mischievous; playful.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]

ramping1484

rampish1530

frolic?1548

prankya1556

hoiting1594

tricksy1598

tida1641

frolickish1660

romping1662

hoity-toity1690

rompish1696

frolicsome1699

friskful1728

highty-tighty1737

frolicky1748

prankish1776

rollicking1786

prankfula1795

pranksome1810

tricksome1815

espiègle1816

larkish1823

skylarking1826

larking1828

rompy1838

larky1841

rollicksome1841

Pucklike1845

rollicky1846

frolicful1848

larksome1871

puckish1874

horseplayish1882

frolicking1887

tricksical1889

shenaniganning1924

a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 155 See a lonely lingerer stray Thro' paths, where oft in prankful play, With you his younger foot hath past!

1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 36 Prankful squirrels, nibbling at the rind.

1895 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 10 May 2/7 (heading) How a prankful State Senator made a blunder.

1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns (1936) 221 He also gave her theater tickets, apparently with the prankful notion that she should be tapped for Skull and Bones while at the play.

1970 Italica 47 223 The dialect ballad Lu cumpari, which prankful Capuana in 1868 palmed off as a genuine folk ballad on his trusting friend and mentor Lionardo Vigo.

2001 Times of India (Nexis) 10 July The mind is a child, innocent and curious, though prankful and mischievous.

Derivatives

ˈprankfulness n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness

rompishness1711

frolicsomeness1727

espièglerie1816

prankfulness1830

prankishness1838

rollickingness1860

rollicksomeness1861

pranksomeness1876

larkishnessa1893

larkiness1896

puckishness1900

1830 J. Galt Life Lord Byron xlvii. 316 It cannot be questioned that the threat was the last feeble flash of his prankfulness.

1942 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 25 Sept. 10/3 The play is brimming over with the delight of youth,..with the prankfulness of love, with effervescent life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prankful
释义	prankfuladj. Brit. /ˈpraŋkf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpræŋkf(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank n.², -ful suffix. Etymology: < prank n.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier prankish adj., pranky adj. Full of pranks; mischievous; playful. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 155 See a lonely lingerer stray Thro' paths, where oft in prankful play, With you his younger foot hath past! 1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 36 Prankful squirrels, nibbling at the rind. 1895 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 10 May 2/7 (heading) How a prankful State Senator made a blunder. 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns (1936) 221 He also gave her theater tickets, apparently with the prankful notion that she should be tapped for Skull and Bones while at the play. 1970 Italica 47 223 The dialect ballad Lu cumpari, which prankful Capuana in 1868 palmed off as a genuine folk ballad on his trusting friend and mentor Lionardo Vigo. 2001 Times of India (Nexis) 10 July The mind is a child, innocent and curious, though prankful and mischievous. Derivatives ˈprankfulness n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness rompishness1711 frolicsomeness1727 espièglerie1816 prankfulness1830 prankishness1838 rollickingness1860 rollicksomeness1861 pranksomeness1876 larkishnessa1893 larkiness1896 puckishness1900 1830 J. Galt Life Lord Byron xlvii. 316 It cannot be questioned that the threat was the last feeble flash of his prankfulness. 1942 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 25 Sept. 10/3 The play is brimming over with the delight of youth,..with the prankfulness of love, with effervescent life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1795
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