prankishadj.

Brit.

/ˈpraŋkɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpræŋkɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank n.², -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < prank n.² + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier pranky adj.With prankishness n. at Derivatives compare earlier prankfulness n. at prankful adj. Derivatives.

Inclined to, or characterized by, the playing of pranks; mischievous, lively, playful.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]

ramping1484

rampish1530

frolic?1548

prankya1556

hoiting1594

tricksy1598

tida1641

frolickish1660

romping1662

hoity-toity1690

rompish1696

frolicsome1699

friskful1728

highty-tighty1737

frolicky1748

prankish1776

rollicking1786

prankfula1795

pranksome1810

tricksome1815

espiègle1816

larkish1823

skylarking1826

larking1828

rompy1838

larky1841

rollicksome1841

Pucklike1845

rollicky1846

frolicful1848

larksome1871

puckish1874

horseplayish1882

frolicking1887

tricksical1889

shenaniganning1924

1776 D. Garrick Let. 3 Jan. (1963) III. 1063 His knowledge of..preparing fit Subjects for the Stage, will be a Strength, that the Proprietors may depend upon, when the Heroines are prankish.

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxxix, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 45 My partner dear in many a prankish deed.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Nov. 1/2 Stories concerning mischievous and prankish children.

1925 Science 12 June 611/2 We can follow Osler's career understandingly,..through the prankish student period..to Oxford and the end.

1944 German Q. 17 67 Gone is the serenity, the youthful prankish population, the carefree air.

1991 Classic CD Dec. 79/2 Ligeti is known..for a prankish, awkward wit.

Derivatives

ˈprankishly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb]

trenchmore1577

frolicly1592

ahoit1598

hoity-toity1734

rollickingly1842

friskily1862

tricksily1866

frolicsomely1874

prankishly1883

larkingly1896

daffingly1902

1883 ‘Holme Lee’ Loving & Serving I. ix. 184 She had prankishly avoided him.

1941 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 54 157 Green miners are often prankishly informed of the presence of..mountain lions and cougars.

1992 G. Swift Ever After ix. 94 He even prankishly indulges it [sc. an accent]..before some enforced travelling companion.

ˈprankishness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness

rompishness1711

frolicsomeness1727

espièglerie1816

prankfulness1830

prankishness1838

rollickingness1860

rollicksomeness1861

pranksomeness1876

larkishnessa1893

larkiness1896

puckishness1900

1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of the Bowl I. xv. 214 The ruffian pirate chief tripped daintily through the carnage..with the mockery and prankishness of an actor in a masquerade.

1994 Time 25 July 64/1 Moore uses a similar mixture of prankishness, populism and deadpan naiveté on TV Nation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prankish
释义	prankishadj. Brit. /ˈpraŋkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpræŋkɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank n.², -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < prank n.² + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier pranky adj.With prankishness n. at Derivatives compare earlier prankfulness n. at prankful adj. Derivatives. Inclined to, or characterized by, the playing of pranks; mischievous, lively, playful. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 1776 D. Garrick Let. 3 Jan. (1963) III. 1063 His knowledge of..preparing fit Subjects for the Stage, will be a Strength, that the Proprietors may depend upon, when the Heroines are prankish. 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies lxxxix, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 45 My partner dear in many a prankish deed. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Nov. 1/2 Stories concerning mischievous and prankish children. 1925 Science 12 June 611/2 We can follow Osler's career understandingly,..through the prankish student period..to Oxford and the end. 1944 German Q. 17 67 Gone is the serenity, the youthful prankish population, the carefree air. 1991 Classic CD Dec. 79/2 Ligeti is known..for a prankish, awkward wit. Derivatives ˈprankishly adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb] trenchmore1577 frolicly1592 ahoit1598 hoity-toity1734 rollickingly1842 friskily1862 tricksily1866 frolicsomely1874 prankishly1883 larkingly1896 daffingly1902 1883 ‘Holme Lee’ Loving & Serving I. ix. 184 She had prankishly avoided him. 1941 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 54 157 Green miners are often prankishly informed of the presence of..mountain lions and cougars. 1992 G. Swift Ever After ix. 94 He even prankishly indulges it [sc. an accent]..before some enforced travelling companion. ˈprankishness n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness rompishness1711 frolicsomeness1727 espièglerie1816 prankfulness1830 prankishness1838 rollickingness1860 rollicksomeness1861 pranksomeness1876 larkishnessa1893 larkiness1896 puckishness1900 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of the Bowl I. xv. 214 The ruffian pirate chief tripped daintily through the carnage..with the mockery and prankishness of an actor in a masquerade. 1994 Time 25 July 64/1 Moore uses a similar mixture of prankishness, populism and deadpan naiveté on TV Nation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1776
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