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Puckish   /pˈəkɪʃ/   Listen
Puckish

adjective
1.
Naughtily or annoyingly playful.  Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, wicked.  "A wicked prank"



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"Puckish" Quotes from Famous Books



... sudden discovery of a new sense of enjoyment that first whirls the buttercup out of her purely family affections. She laughs at the worship of her new adorer. She is as far as Dian herself from any return of it; but the sense of power is awakened, and she has a sort of Puckish pride in bringing her suitor to her feet. Nobody is so exacting, so capricious, so uncertain, so fascinating as a buttercup, because no one is so perfectly free from love. The first touch of passion renders her more exacting and more charming ...
— Stray Studies from England and Italy • John Richard Green

... the lady—fascinations so alluring that even I, a middle-aged Father of a Family and Justice of the Peace, was instantly reduced by them to the softest moral pulp; and he had not allowed for the Puckish glee with which I welcomed the tale, rolled it round in my wicked fancy, and bent its ramifications into an ...
— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone

... Thatcher," she said, leaning her elbows on the bar and cupping her chin in her hands. Her face was bright with its tender, Puckish look. "He's too cute. He can take sugar out of my apron pocket. And he'll shake hands. I'd just love you to see him. Will you ...
— Hidden Creek • Katharine Newlin Burt



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