Archness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Archness \Arch"ness\, n.
     The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from
     malice; waggishness. --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  archness
       n : inappropriate playfulness [syn: {impertinence}, {perkiness},
            {pertness}, {sauciness}]