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mischievousness

Variant of mischievous

adjective

  1. causing mischief; specif.,
    1. injurious; harmful
    2. prankish; teasing; full of tricks
  2. inclined to annoy or vex with playful tricks; naughty: said esp. of a child

Origin: ME mischevous < Anglo-Fr

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