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archness

[ahrch-nis]

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noun

roguishness; sauciness.

Origin of archness

First recorded in 1700–10; arch² + -ness

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for archness

impudence, impertinence, mischievousness, cheek, freshness, cheekiness, frivolity, sauciness, rudeness, volatility, lightness, levity, playfulness, cockiness, archness

Examples from the Web for archness

Historical Examples of archness

There was something half painful in their jocund gayety and archness.
Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885
Various
All her animation and archness had not rendered it half so pleasant to look upon.
Hopes and Fears
Charlotte M. Yonge
There came an archness into her look that inflamed me the more.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill
There was an archness in her smile which was altogether womanly.
Unveiling a Parallel
Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
She looked at him with a concern which was to me more engaging than her archness.
The Admiral
Douglas Sladen