单词 | puckish |
释义 | puckish From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpuckishpuck‧ish /ˈpʌkɪʃ/ adjective [usually before noun] literaryJOKEshowing that you are amused by other people, and like to make jokes about them a puckish grin —puckishly adverbExamples from the Corpuspuckish• But the smile is puckish indeed, and breaks through the formality of the posture often.• But I have puckish news for you.• Basil Rocke had a very puckish sense of humour and wryness which veiled a deep kindliness.• For all his genius, Fermi had a decidedly puckish side.Origin puckish (1800-1900) Puck evil spirit in old English stories |
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