puckish

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puckish

/ˈpʌkɪʃ/

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From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

adjective more puckish · most puckish

Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous. He has a puckish sense of humor.
Similar: impish, mischievous

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@misc{puckish_2026,
  title = {puckish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puckish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}