prankyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpraŋki/, U.S.

/ˈpræŋki/

Forms: see prank n.² and -y suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < prank n.² + -y suffix¹.

Now colloquial.

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

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.j^v So, that is somewhat like, but prankie cote, nay whan, That is a lustie brute, handes vnder your side man.

1824 Brit. Guardian 2 June 170/2 His wit is buffoonery—his mirth, the mischievous and pranky petulance of an ill-governed school boy.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 10 The strangest and most curious pranky little beings that ever were born.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 6/1 Merely a demonstration of pranky lawlessness.

1899 Overland Monthly Nov. 441/2 The pranky Fates had cheated him of his woman.

1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 17 Mar. 4/7 When I was young and slender, a spender, a lender, What gentleman adventurer was prankier than I.

1989 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 23 Oct. p. A3/6 Most of it's more pranky than vandalism.

2004 USA Today (Nexis) 5 Nov. (Life section) 1 It appears to be too sophisticated, when in fact it's a very pranky, pratfall show.

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

单词	pranky
释义	prankyadj. Brit. /ˈpraŋki/, U.S. /ˈpræŋki/ Forms: see prank n.² and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < prank n.² + -y suffix¹. Now colloquial. 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 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.j^v So, that is somewhat like, but prankie cote, nay whan, That is a lustie brute, handes vnder your side man. 1824 Brit. Guardian 2 June 170/2 His wit is buffoonery—his mirth, the mischievous and pranky petulance of an ill-governed school boy. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 10 The strangest and most curious pranky little beings that ever were born. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 6/1 Merely a demonstration of pranky lawlessness. 1899 Overland Monthly Nov. 441/2 The pranky Fates had cheated him of his woman. 1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 17 Mar. 4/7 When I was young and slender, a spender, a lender, What gentleman adventurer was prankier than I. 1989 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 23 Oct. p. A3/6 Most of it's more pranky than vandalism. 2004 USA Today (Nexis) 5 Nov. (Life section) 1 It appears to be too sophisticated, when in fact it's a very pranky, pratfall show. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1556
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