puckish.
Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.
Meaning & usage
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.
She has a puckish attitude.
Where this word comes from
From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.