Meanings
comparative more waggish · superlative most waggish
- witty, jocular, like a wag
[H]ere Pen was immensely waggish, and caused hysteric giggles of delight from the ladies […]
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, →OCLC1 more example
As the time went on and the impenetrable Carrados made no allusion to the case, Carlyle's manner inclined to a waggish commiseration of his host's position.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian закачлив, шеговит
- закачлив (zakačliv)mischievous, tricky
- шеговит (šegovit)mischievous, tricky
Russian озорно́й
- озорно́й (ozornój)mischievous, tricky
Tagalog mapanukso
- mapanuksomischievous, tricky
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