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tricksome

American  
[trik-suhm] / ˈtrɪk səm /

adjective

  1. tricksy.

  2. tricky.


Etymology

Origin of tricksome

First recorded in 1640–50; trick + -some 1


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You know it's tricksome for one accustomed mainly to men's affairs….

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort

With an appetite that's picksome comes a temper tart and tricksome, But a pick-me-up—I'll send one—will, I'm sure set all that square.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 by Various

Martha—pretty, winning, mischievous, tricksome Martha—was taken ill suddenly at the Château de Koekelberg. 

From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Could it be that after thinking him lofty and witty in soul, his young, his artless, his tricksome mistress now thought him handsome?

From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac

The visitor should beware of the tricksome water-works upon this terrace.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

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