Mischievious

//mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of mischievous and mischevious alt-of, alternative, nonstandard

    "'a want of food must and will keep the popular mind in such a state of irritability as to be easily worked upon by mischievious men'"

Example

More examples

"'a want of food must and will keep the popular mind in such a state of irritability as to be easily worked upon by mischievious men'"

Etymology

From mischievous, under the influence of adjectives ending in -ious.

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