impish
/ˈɪmpɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
Example Sentences
- "Wild-eyed youngsters they were, with matted hair and little broad-nosed impish faces, covered (as some children are covered even nowadays) with a delicate down of hair."
- "But the antics of Mr. Moore, though impish and impudent, are, after all, so amusing and so graceful that the governess, it is said, sometimes hides behind a tree to watch."
- "As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against my will since 2005”."
Etymology
Etymology tree English imp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English impish From imp + -ish.
Inflected Forms
more impish (comparative)
most impish (superlative)