Trickish
//ˈtɹɪkɪʃ// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From trick + -ish.
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