Waggish

3 definitions found

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

  Waggish \Wag"gish\ (-g[i^]sh), a.
     1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or
        good humor; frolicsome. "A company of waggish boys."
        --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive;
        humorous; as, a waggish trick.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Wag"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Wag"gish*ness},
        n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waggish
       adj : witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been
             facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James
             Fenimore Cooper

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "waggish":
     antic, arch, capersome, comic, comical, devilish, droll, elfish,
     elvish, facetious, foolish, frolicsome, full of mischief, funny,
     gamesome, high-spirited, humorous, impish, jocose, jocular,
     knavish, laughable, ludicrous, mischief-loving, mischievous, pert,
     playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, roguish, rompish,
     saucy, scampish, scapegrace, sportful, sportive, trickish, tricksy,
     tricky, witty