Pranksome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɹæŋksəm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pranksome is an adjective meaning (dated, poetic) Characterised by pranks or pranking; mischievous; prone to pull pranks.
Meaning
(dated, poetic) Characterised by pranks or pranking; mischievous; prone to pull pranks.
Example Sentences
It bore reference to the first detention on mere postal technique, but a man's nose is placed between his eyes that he may smell out what he cannot see into, and knowing "the ways of such people" (Boccacio's phrase in speaking of the pranksome devils depicted by Dante in the Inferno, and quite apropos of Messrs. Stevens, Tobey, Comstock, and the rest), and suspecting the true mischief, I at once wrote to Mr. Chainey, personally a stranger to me, asking the particulars.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pranky, mischiefmaking, tricksterish, roguish, naughty, mischievous.
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