arch² /ärch/

1. Chief, principal (now esp in compounds; see arch-)
2. Waggish, mischievous
3. Roguish
4. Cunning, shrewd
5. Finished, accomplished, pre-eminent, esp in evil (Bunyan)

Chief

archˈly adverb

• shortage
• shortages
• short and sweet
• shortarm
• shortarse
• shortarses
• shortbread
• shortbreads
• shortcake
• shortcakes
• short-change
• short-changed
• short-changer
• short-changers
• short-changes
• short-changing
• short circuit
• short-circuit
• short-circuited
• short-circuiting
• short circuits
• short-circuits
• short clothes
• short-coat
• short-coated