impish

Adjective

impish (comparative more impish, superlative most impish)

1. Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
   • Wild-eyed youngsters they were, with matted hair and little broad-nosed impish faces, covered (as some children are covered even nowadays) with a delicate down of hair.1897, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in A Story of the Stone Age, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2012
   • But the antics of Mr. Moore, though impish and impudent, are, after all, so amusing and so graceful that the governess, it is said, sometimes hides behind a tree to watch.1942, Virginia Woolf, chapter 20, in The Death of the Moth, and other essays, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2011

   Synonyms:

   implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish