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Definition of Impishness
1. Noun. The trait of behaving like an imp.
Generic synonyms: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Impish, Mischievous, Puckish
Definition of Impishness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impishness
Literary usage of Impishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Child Training by Angelo Patri (1922)
"I want him cured of his impishness. Now, my idea is that you cast him for the
chief of imps. Let him be the imp of imps. But pitch the play so the event ..."
2. Penelope's Progress by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1901)
"He has brought out impishness so far," I objected. " The impishness is transitory,"
she returned, " and I am speaking of permanent qualities. ..."
3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"Carol tried to stare them down but in face of the impishness of the boys and the
bovine gaping of the men, she was embarrassed. Fern did not glance at them. ..."
4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"That was her guiding divinity, Whim in a high sense: not unruliness, for all her
impishness, but complete subjection to the inner dictate. ..."
5. Kleists Lustspiel"der zerbrochene Krug" auf der Bühne: As Seen in by Gustav Buchtenkirch, Augustus Pitou (1914)
"I call it impishness. Minnie Seligman was another actress that lacked the physical
power to fulfil the promise her acting once gave. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"impishness, love of mischief. GAMBRIL, n. A curved and notched piece of wood for
hanging up and extending carcases. GAME, a. To make fun. AS jamen, a,game, ..."
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