waggish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.
Adjective
[edit]waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)
- witty, jocular, like a wag
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 48, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- [H]ere Pen was immensely waggish, and caused hysteric giggles of delight from the ladies […]
- mischievous, tricky
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]mischievous, tricky