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IMPISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impishness mean? 

IMPISHNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of behaving like an impplay

  Familiarity information: IMPISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of behaving like an imp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

impishness; mischievousness; puckishness; whimsicality

Hypernyms ("impishness" is a kind of...):

fun; playfulness (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement)

Derivation:

impish (naughtily or annoyingly playful)


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