Trickish

//ˈtɹɪkɪʃ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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