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tricksey

tricksey is the obsolete form of tricksy.

Meaning of tricksy

Adjective

tricksy (comparative tricksier, superlative tricksiest)

  1. Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
    • My trickſey Spirit.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    mischievous

Forms of tricksey

comparativemore tricksey
superlativemost tricksey

Origin of tricksey

From tricks + -ey.

Questions about tricksey

What is tricksey the obsolete form of?
Tricksey is the obsolete form of tricksy.

Words near tricksey in the dictionary

  1. tricks off
  2. tricks or treats
  3. tricks out
  4. tricks up
  5. tricks up one's sleeve
  6. tricksey
  7. trickshot
  8. trickshots
  9. tricksical
  10. tricksier
  11. tricksiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tricksey (page history and authors); tricksy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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