Puckish (adj)
puk-ish
Playful in a mischievous way.
after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Example sentences
“He’s known for his puckish sense of humour.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
