| 单词 | puckish |
| 释义 | puckish (once / 32651 pages) adj Someone who's puckish is up to a little trouble. Your puckish friend might play practical jokes on you, but they're more silly than mean spirited. You can imagine a puckish person with a naughty twinkle in her eye. She might drive you crazy, but she also makes you laugh. This impish adjective dates from the 1860s, and we have Shakespeare to thank for it. It comes from Puck, the mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, made famous after being a character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." WORD FAMILYpuckish: puckishly, puckishness+/puck: puckish, pucks USAGE EXAMPLESThe concert’s musical director, Sherman Irby, did more than play a soulful and irresistibly puckish alto saxophone solo on “Merry Christmas Baby.” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) Now 57, and perennially sporting a wild mop of hair suggestive of a surprised hedgehog, he has a Puckish air. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) Likewise, McDonagh’s script lives up to its name by making puckish jokes on any subject you care to think of. The Guardian(Oct 01, 2016) adj naughtily or annoyingly playful Syn arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, wicked playful full of fun and high spirits |
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