puckish

American  

[puhk-ish] / ˈpʌk ɪʃ /

adjective

(often initial capital letter)

1. mischievous; impish.

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Other Word Forms

• puckishly adjective
• puckishness noun

Etymology

Origin of puckish

First recorded in 1870–75; Puck + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

With her bleach-blond punk haircut, puckish grin and bright elfin eyes, she could have come to the company’s heavily guarded San Francisco headquarters straight from a Berlin rave, via an old forest road in Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the book’s stylish design and the author’s puckish photo, the reader may imagine that its contents will be playful.

From The Wall Street Journal

One might call the whole thing puckish, if that weren’t beneath the dignity of the very funny-lovely “Seasons.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A Doll’s House, Part 2,” which opened Sunday at Pasadena Playhouse under the direction of Jennifer Chang, is a sequel with a puckish difference.

From Los Angeles Times