puckishness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English puckish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English puckishness From puckish + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An instance of being puckish.
There was some puckishness to this […] but Walinksy is a serious man and he wasn't really joking.
2006 April 17, Joe Klein, “Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics?”, in Time: