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pranksome, a.|ˈpræŋksəm|
[f. prank n.2 + -some.]
Addicted to pranks; prankish, frolicsome.
1810in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. XIV. 148 To swell her brazen store, With one such pranksome, titt'ring booby more. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. xiv. (Orig. Draft), And often would his pranksome prate engage Childe Harold's ear. 1876W. H. Mason in Macm. Mag. XXXIV. 452 Some pranksome imp..has turned off the hot water.
Hence ˈpranksomeness.
1899Daily News 4 Nov. 7/3 The monkey-like pranksomeness of the merry, mischievous race. |