# puckish

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpʌkɪʃ/

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/puckish