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mischiefful, a. Now dial.|ˈmɪstʃɪffʊl|
[f. mischief n. + -ful.]
Full of mischief.
†1. Unfortunate, disastrous. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 4622 Also y telle by iustyng, Þer-of cumþ myschefful þyng. c1470Henry Wallace iii. 410 Thar selff was caus of this myschefull chance. Ibid. iv. 748.
2. Of persons: Full of or prone to do mischief; mischievous. Now dial.
1541Paynell Catiline xlii. 69 The common weale, through the cursed counsell of mischiefull cytesyns is brought into so great daunger. 1834Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. 1853 II. 284/2 This is the mischief-fullest of all the devil's imps. 1896Warw. Word-bk., Mischiefful, mischievous.
3. Involving mischief. rare—1.
1772Foote Nabob iii. Wks. 1799 II. 318 For mischiefful matters there wasn't a more ingenious..lad in the school. |