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tricksiness|ˈtrɪksɪnɪs|
[f. tricksy a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being tricksy.
1. Artful smartness of apparel. rare.
a1553C. Bansley Treat. xix. (Percy S.) 6 Loke well, ye men, to your wives trycksynes, whyche is to shamefull wyde.
2. Playfulness, sprightliness; mischievousness.
1846D. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook Wks. 1864 IV. 439 The tricksiness of an extravagant spirit. 1871G. Meredith H. Richmond II. 21 Pride in their physical prowess, their dexterity, ingenuity, and tricksiness, and their purity of blood. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. i. vii, There was none of the latent fun and tricksiness which had always pierced in her greeting of Rex.
3. Deceptiveness, trickiness.
1888J. T. Walker Reason. Chr. 2 The Judge points out..its tricksiness and capacity for self deception. |