waggish

[wag-ish]

like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.

characteristic of or befitting a wag: waggish humor.

Origin of waggish

First recorded in 1580–90; wag + -ish¹

Related formswag·gish·ly, adverbwag·gish·ness, noun

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The third-day story, as I recall, fell to John Kifner, then a waggish youngster, later a great foreign correspondent.
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“The Spawn of Carefully Spent Sperm,” a waggish still childless friend of mine suggested.
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"No; that isn't it," he said, chiding her with a waggish forefinger.
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A waggish friend of his popped a quantity of gunpowder into B——'s instrument.
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What a chance for some waggish baboon to drop a nut or a berry in!
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She stood up, and there came over her faded face a waggish expression.
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Because,” cried the waggish urchin, “the parties are not agreed.
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Word Origin and History for waggish

adj.

"willing to make a fool of oneself, and fond of doing so to others," 1580s, from wag (n.) + -ish. Related: Waggishly; waggishness.