espièglerien.
Frolicsomeness, roguishness.
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rompishness1711
frolicsomeness1727
espièglerie1816
prankfulness1830
prankishness1838
rollickingness1860
rollicksomeness1861
pranksomeness1876
larkishnessa1893
larkiness1896
puckishness1900
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 115 A pretty young woman..with an air of espieglerie which became her very well.
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel xxxviii Which act of un-English-woman-like espiéglerie must be set down to the score of a foreign education.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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