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espiegleries

espiegleries is the plural of espieglerie.

Meaning of espieglerie

Noun

espieglerie (countable and uncountable, plural espiegleries)

  1. Impish or playful behaviour; mischief.
    • I yield to no one in my appreciation of her espieglerie, but I'm one of the rabbits and always have been while she is about as pronounced a dasher as ever dashed. What I like is the quiet life, and Roberta Wickham wouldn't recognize the quiet life if you brought it to her on a plate with watercress...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XII

Questions about espiegleries

What is espiegleries the plural of?
Espiegleries is the plural of espieglerie.

Words near espiegleries in the dictionary

  1. espial
  2. espials
  3. espie
  4. espied
  5. espieglerie
  6. espiegleries
  7. espier
  8. espiers
  9. espies
  10. espiest
  11. espieth

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