Pucklikeadj.
/ˈpʌklʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpəkˌlaɪk/ Like, or in the manner of, Puck (puck n.1 1c); cleverly mischievous, puckish, imp-like.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adjective]
knavish1552
spritish1566
wickeda1616
monkeyish1621
impish1652
mischievous1675
slya1771
nineteda1798
wansonsy1819
Pucklike1845
picklesome1885
monkey-doodle1886
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
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xii. 247 There was something of a Puck-like malignity in the temperament of Lord Marney.
1854 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 14 Jan. 458/1 Some million Puck-like sprites.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 2/1 In a delightful mood of Puck-like satire.
1942 S. O'Casey Pictures in Hallway 302 The dull grey eyes set deep in her perky, pawky, pucklike face.
1965 P. Arrowsmith Jericho iii. 25 His young, Puck-like face would look grotesque if he tried to grow a beard at his age.
1997 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 24 Mar. c3 Jeffrey Rogers..revived his role of the Pucklike hero [sc. Peter Pan].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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