knavish

[ ney-vish ]

/ ˈneɪ vɪʃ /

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adjective

like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.

Archaic. waggish; roguish; mischievous.

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Origin of knavish

First recorded in 1350–1400, knavish is from the Middle English word knavyssh.See knave, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM knavish

knav·ish·ly, adverbknav·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby knavish

knapweed, knar, knarly, knave, knavery, knavish, knawel, knead, kneaded butter, Knebworth House, knee

How to use knavish in a sentence

To his bourgeois mind, for all his imitation of the Chicago martyr, my words must have sounded knavish.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Side by side with Arlecchino goes his more astute and knavish brother Brighella.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
Evermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable: it must show either a foolish head, or a knavish heart.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
Gangs could afford to corrupt witnesses or to pay knavish lawyers skilled in applying these vagaries of legislation.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

Thinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master.
The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde