Synonym Usage
See humorous 1.
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Etymology
Origin of waggish
Explanation
Waggish means that someone is humorous or witty — the kind of person who'd keep you in stitches all night if you sat next to one at a party. Despite the wag part of the word, waggish does not refer to the characteristic tail flick that our canine friends exhibit when they are happy to see us. Instead, waggish is an adjective and actually describes someone who is a wag — the kind of hilarious person who keeps you entertained with witty stories and jokes.
Vocabulary lists containing waggish
A Christmas Carol
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Example Sentences
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His waggish vision — turning things upside down and inside out to revel in their strangeness — feels very current.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022
Gunn gets that, evident in his interpretation of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and 2021's waggish do-over of "The Suicide Squad" for DC.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2022
They are witty and waggish and wildly amusing.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2021
It was his background as an educator that he credited for his repetitive locution style - or, as waggish journalists dubbed it, his "single transferable speech".
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2020
No one had ever seen him so waggish, or so happy.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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