mischievous
/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ..."
- "On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ..."
- "Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved."
Etymology
From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: myschevous, meschevous, meschever
Inflected Forms
more mischievous (comparative)
most mischievous (superlative)
mischievious (alternative)
mischevious (alternative)