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wag⋅gish

[wag-ish]
–adjective
1. like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.
2. characteristic of or befitting a wag: waggish humor.

Origin:
1580–90; wag + -ish 1


wag⋅gish⋅ly, adverb
wag⋅gish⋅ness, noun


1. jocund, mischievous, merry, jocose, droll, comical, funny. See humorous.
wag·gish   (wāg'ĭsh)   
adj.  Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty.
wag'gish·ly adv., wag'gish·ness n.

Waggish

Wag"gish\ (-g[i^]sh), a. 1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. "A company of waggish boys." --L'Estrange.

2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. -- Wag"gish*ly, adv. -- Wag"gish*ness, n.

waggish 
"willing to make a fool of oneself, and fond of doing so to others," 1589, see wag (n.).
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