impish
[im-pish]
- mischievous.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an imp.
Origin of impish
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Contemporary Examples
She appeared at his side, impish smile in place, dutiful, fragrantly rather than ferociously sexy, and—frustratingly—an adjunct.
New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz described it as “fabulously complex, sexual, asexual, mysterious, powerful, impish.”
Posner may be impish, but the flawed amendment language is a prime villain in the gun debate.
Sasha, now 11 years old, was no longer the impish child but a preteen with a sense of age-appropriate glamour.
Historical Examples
There lurked about him the impish quality of the whistle that had summoned her.
The Coast of ChanceEsther Chamberlain
She knew Jack could never feel the same to me, as the mother of that impish girl.
A Soldier of the LegionC. N. Williamson
In such a life there is no place for untruthfulness or any member of its impish brood.
What Is and What Might BeEdmond Holmes
It was an impish trick, and it brought him unwittingly into peril of his soul.
Harbor Tales Down NorthNorman Duncan
They could not reconcile it with the impish tricks she had played.
The HuntressHulbert Footner
impish
- of or resembling an imp; mischievous
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Word Origin and History for impish
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