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語源

From Puck +‎ -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʌkɪʃ/

形容詞

puckish (comparative more puckish, superlative most puckish)

1. Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.

   Synonyms: impish, mischievous

   He has a puckish sense of humor.

   She has a puckish attitude.

   He has a puckish grin.

   They are so puckish for their love of practical jokes.

   • 2007 April 2, John Cassidy, “The Next Crusade”, in The New Yorker‎:

     Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.

   • 2023 October 29, Zoe Williams, “‘An ironic, self-deprecating metrosexual’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     “Chandler Bing,” wrote Matthew Perry in his puckish, self-mocking memoir, “changed the way that America spoke”.

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