adj
Meaning 1
witty, jocular, like a wag
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
waggish
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adj
Meaning 2
mischievous, tricky
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
witty or joking- James Fenimore Cooper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English wag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English waggish From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: закачлив (zakačliv) — mischievous, tricky
- Bulgarian: шеговит (šegovit) — mischievous, tricky
- Russian: озорно́й (ozornój) — mischievous, tricky
- Tagalog: mapanukso — mischievous, tricky