WAGGISH

waggish

(adjective) witty or joking; “Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer”- James Fenimore Cooper

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)

witty, jocular, like a wag

mischievous, tricky

Anagrams

• whiggas

Source: Wiktionary


Wag"gish, a.

1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. "A company of waggish boys." L'Estrange.

2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick.

– Wag"gish*ly, adv.

– Wag"gish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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