"waggish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more waggish [comparative], most waggish [superlative]
Etymology: From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wag|ish|gloss1=waghalter, rogue}} wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)
  1. witty, jocular, like a wag Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-waggish-en-adj-HEDvLaC1 Disambiguation of Personality: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 100 0
  2. mischievous, tricky Categories (topical): Personality Translations (mischievous, tricky): закачлив (zakačliv) (Bulgarian), шеговит (šegovit) (Bulgarian), озорно́й (ozornój) [masculine] (Russian), mapanukso (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-waggish-en-adj-2KdBr81n Disambiguation of Personality: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'mischievous, tricky': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: waggishly, waggishness

Download JSON data for waggish meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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