tricksome

American  

[trik-suhm] / ˈtrɪk səm /

adjective

1. tricksy.

2. tricky.

---

Etymology

Origin of tricksome

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Mercury is the “lying, tricksome wind god who invented music,” for his music is but “the melody of the winds, which can awaken feelings of joy and sorrow, of regret and yearning, of fear and hope, of vehement gladness and utter despair.”

From Project Gutenberg

Blithe, tricksome spirit! art thou left alone Of gods and all their intermediate kin The sweet survivor?

From Project Gutenberg

The wily serpent is a genuine Parsee serpent, and the spirit which animates him is that of the malicious and tricksome Ahriman, who takes delight in going about after the good creator Ormuzd and spoiling his handiwork.

From Project Gutenberg

For that tricksome grace had asked him to teach her also, and he remembered the lingering touch of her fingers ere she could compass the quaint device of the pheasant's eye peeping out from the midst of each white festoon.

From Project Gutenberg