Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puckish

/ˈpʌkɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: puck-ish
IPA: /ˈpʌkɪʃ/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.

Example Sentences

"He has a puckish sense of humor."
"She has a puckish attitude."
"He has a puckish grin."
"They are so puckish for their love of practical jokes."
"Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile."
"“Chandler Bing,” wrote Matthew Perry in his puckish, self-mocking memoir, “changed the way that America spoke”."

Etymology

From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Puck

Inflected Forms

more puckish (comparative) most puckish (superlative)

Derived Forms

puckishly puckishness

Frequently Paired Words

puck

Synonyms

impish mischievous arch implike pixilated prankish wicked

Questions

How do you pronounce puckish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌkɪʃ/.
What does puckish mean?: Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.
Where does puckish come from?: From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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