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語源

From 中期英語 myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief +‎ -ous.

発音

• (without weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/
  • • (weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃə.vəs/
    • (nonstandard, often along with the nonstandard spellings mischievious and/or mischevious) IPA: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/
    • (dated) IPA: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vəs/
• ハイフネーション: mis‧chie‧vous

形容詞

mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)

1. Causing mischief; injurious.
   • 1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion:

     ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...

   • 1892, Henry Sidgwick, Outlines of the History of Ethics:

     On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ...

2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

   Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

使用する際の注意点

The spelling "misch(i)evious" and similar ones can be found since the 16th century, so the corresponding pronunciation is at least as old. But despite being common in a wide range of social classes today, these spellings and the corresponding pronunciation are still considered nonstandard and often viewed as incorrect.

同意語

• (causing mischief): harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• (badly-behaved): badly-behaved, naughty

派生語

Further reading

• “mischievous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mischievous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “mischievous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• mischevious