Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mischievious

/mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: mis-chievi-ous
IPA: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of mischievous.

Example Sentences

"'a want of food must and will keep the popular mind in such a state of irritability as to be easily worked upon by mischievious men'"
"“In short there id be no ind to tellin' all his pranks, an' all the mischievyous tricks he played.”"
"Jenny and Lenny, the mischievious twins, With muddied knees and gap-toothed grins, And rumbling tummies - they lick their lips, It's time for fish fingers, beans and chips."
"In French, the meanings of malicieux and malice have changed to mean mischievious and mischieviousness, with an implication of cleverness and perhaps a little teasing."
"Most children are mischievious, in one way or another, but the boy in this book hatches a plan like no other, and invites some friends for dinner."

Etymology

From mischievous, under the influence of adjectives ending in -ious.

Inflected Forms

more mischievious (comparative) most mischievious (superlative)

Homonyms

mischevious

Rhymes With

devious

Questions

How do you pronounce mischievious?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/.
What does mischievious mean?: Alternative form of mischievous.
Where does mischievious come from?: From mischievous, under the influence of adjectives ending in -ious.

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