tricksy

  • 1Tricksy — Trick sy, a. [From {Trick}.] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. My tricksy spirit! Shak. [1913 Webster] he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2tricksy — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3tricksy — ► ADJECTIVE (tricksier, tricksiest) 1) clever in an ingenious or deceptive way. 2) playful or mischievous …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4tricksy — [trik′sē] adj. tricksier, tricksiest 1. Archaic tricked out; spruce; smart 2. full of tricks; playful; mischievous 3. TRICKY tricksiness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5tricksy — adjective (tricksier; est) Etymology: tricks, plural of trick Date: 1552 1. archaic smartly attired ; spruce 2. full of tricks ; prankish 3. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6tricksy — trick|sy [ trıksi ] adjective INFORMAL a tricksy person likes to play tricks on people …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7tricksy — tricksily, adv. tricksiness, n. /trik see/, adj., tricksier, tricksiest. 1. Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish. 2. difficult to handle or deal with. 3. Archaic. tricky; crafty; wily. 4. Archaic. fashionably trim;… …

    Universalium

  • 8tricksy — adjective Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious …

    Wiktionary

  • 9tricksy — adj, n (behaving like) an ostentatious, preten tious or otherwise obnoxious female, flossie. The term is used by females of those they disapprove of …

    Contemporary slang

  • 10tricksy — adjective (tricksier, tricksiest) 1》 ingenious or complicated. 2》 playful or mischievous. Derivatives tricksily adverb tricksiness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

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