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trickish

/ˈtɹɪkɪʃ/

trickish adjective: using tricks or trickery.

Adjective

trickish (comparative more trickish, superlative most trickish)

  1. Using tricks or trickery.
    • It often happens that a person who knows very well how to milk cannot get milk from certain cows. Some are delicate in this respect, others are trickish: the former can only give their milk to certain persons; the latter will only do so to those that excite them in a certain manner.1819, The London Medical and Physical Journal, page 201
    Synonyms:
    tricksical

Synonyms of trickish

Forms of trickish

comparativemore trickish
superlativemost trickish

Origin of trickish

From trick + -ish.

Questions about trickish

What does trickish mean?
Trickish means using tricks or trickery.
What part of speech is trickish?
Trickish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trickish?
Trickish is pronounced /ˈtɹɪkɪʃ/.

Words near trickish in the dictionary

  1. tricking off
  2. tricking out
  3. tricking up
  4. trickingly
  5. trickings
  6. trickish
  7. trickishly
  8. trickishness
  9. trickle
  10. trickle charge
  11. trickle charged

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