单词 | pucklike |
释义 | Pucklikeadj. Like, or in the manner of, Puck (puck n.1 1c); cleverly mischievous, puckish, imp-like. ΘΚΠ 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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