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Meaning of "impishness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF IMPISHNESS

ˈɪmpɪʃnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Imp

An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.

Definition of impishness in the English dictionary

The definition of impishness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being of or resembling an imp; mischievousness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPISHNESS

apishness · bearishness · blimpishness · bluishness · boyishness · brackishness · bullishness · dampishness · dumpishness · Englishness · frumpishness · girlishness · greenishness · grumpishness · Jewishness · lumpishness · mopishness · reddishness · uppishness · waspishness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPISHNESS

impi · impieties · impiety · impinge · impingement · impingement attack · impinger · impious · impiously · impiousness · impish · impishly · implacability · implacable · implacableness · implacably · implacental · implant · implantation · implanter

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPISHNESS

Britishness · business · Caithness · childishness · foolishness · foppishness · freshness · harshness · highness · lushness · much of a muchness · rashness · richness · roughness · Royal Highness · selfishness · smoothness · stylishness · thoroughness · toughness · unselfishness

Synonyms and antonyms of impishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «impishness» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of impishness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of impishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impishness» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

impishness
1,325 millions of speakers
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picardía
570 millions of speakers
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impishness
510 millions of speakers
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impishness
380 millions of speakers
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الشيطانية
280 millions of speakers
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impishness
278 millions of speakers
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impishness
270 millions of speakers
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impishness
260 millions of speakers
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impishness
220 millions of speakers
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Kesia-siaan
190 millions of speakers
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impishness
180 millions of speakers
ja

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impishness
130 millions of speakers
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impishness
85 millions of speakers
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Impishness
85 millions of speakers
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impishness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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impishness
75 millions of speakers
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दोष
75 millions of speakers
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impishness
70 millions of speakers
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impishness
65 millions of speakers
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impishness
50 millions of speakers
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impishness
40 millions of speakers
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impishness
30 millions of speakers
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impishness
15 millions of speakers
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impishness
14 millions of speakers
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impishness
10 millions of speakers
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impishness
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Trends of use of impishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPISHNESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impishness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPISHNESS»

Discover the use of impishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shining the Light III
Everybody has a certain amount of impishness in them, and here we have the eyes of the lmp looking at you, the spirit of impishness, if you like, literally looking down from the heavens at you, admiring its work. I might say that impishness is ...
Robert Shapiro, Arthur Fanning, Robert Meyer, 1996
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Thought-Provoking Quotations
Impishness. Examples of impishness found in illustrated postcard poems by Berit Ostberg (Oslo): • You are unique like other people. • It is the lazy person who can see the sky. • Make your mistakes while you are young. And the witness will die ...
Dr.N.Sridharan
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Problems at the Roots of Law : Essays in Legal and Political ...
Perverse Impishness (Edgar Allan Poe) Perversity is a peculiarly irritating complex of character flaws. The original Latin from which the English word evolved was a kind of all-purpose directional term that combined readily with prefixes, which ...
Joel Feinberg Regents Professor of Philosophy and Law University of Arizona (Emeritus), 2002
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Lexical Meaning
Nevertheless it is semantically odd because the apparent picker is inanimate ( pictures) and the picked (impishness) is an abstract concept. This leads us to conclude that there are limits on the range of possible semantic categories that pick's ...
M. Lynne Murphy, 2010
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The Rococo
Mit Furcht, damit ers auch nicht wagen sollte, Kurz, Doris wollte nicht und wollte. Er scherzte so, damit sie mer\en sollte, Dass er im Ernste scherzen wollte^ (She gazed at Amyntas with fear and impishness, With impishness because he had ...
6
Twelve Englishmen of Mystery
In the second novel, an experiment he engages in "savoured of the theatrical" ( HA, 479). And in the third he confronts poor Ricardo in the guise of a brigand, terrifying him ("a sort of schoolboy impishness"): " 'I am Hanaudski. The King of the ...
Earl F. Bargainnier, 1984
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The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov
... Poem of Despondencies" I call his (Puck's) number — I couldn't get the saucer- big eyes in that poem, but the "coverd-with-hair, scares girls" gets the combination of impishness and monstrosity.1 There's something about that age of puberty, ...
Robert Edward Duncan, Robert J. Bertholf, Albert Gelpi, 2004
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George Fitzmaurice: 'Wild in His Own Way' : Biography of an ...
285 Marjorie Fitzmaurice interviewed in the Rivers of Words- documentary 286 Harry Kernoff, artist, captured this impishness in a portrait of George, sometime before George left his Stamer St accommodation. The original sketch is of a lonely ...
Fiona Brennan, 2005
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thomas hardy a study of the we sex novels, the poems, and ...
Hardy does indeed invite the criticism that he overindulges his delight in presenting ' the impishness of circumstance '. It is the only condition under which he allows his subject to carry him away. As an almost invariable rule he is complete, ...
Henry Charles Duffin, 1962
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The Hollow Man: A (Transgressive) Novel of Suspense
“A masterpiece of violets and ginger and Turkish-delight impishness,” Tokunbo said. Grinning at the compliment, Leonard took a sip from his own glass. “Turkish- delight impishness?” He made a loud smacking sound with his lips. “More casual  ...
G. Patrick Huskins, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impishness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rick Danko, "Times Like These" (2000): Across the Great Divide
You don't hear the winking impishness; you don't hear the happy-go-lucky scoundrel. At this point, and maybe it's just because of what we ... «Something Else! Reviews, Jul 15»
2
Concert review: Rod Stewart, Richard Marx offer enduring parade of …
Stewart's impishness was always on display, whether side-stepping through the perky pop of “Some Guys Have All the Luck” or flashing a ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
3
Coast Chronicles: Chickens in the Gardens
... know Nancy know she has a sweetness that belies her determination and get-it-done attitude, with a little spark of impishness to liven it all up ... «Chinook Observer, Jul 15»
4
BWW Reviews: PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY, Magic Without …
When Penn made his 1985 Off-Broadway debut with his diminutive partner Teller, the silent one who displays Harpo Marx-like impishness, the ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Review: 'Minions' Featuring The Voices Of Sandra Bullock, Michael …
The franchise has an incredibly distinct feeling, full of impishness and joy that is hard to deny. But “Minions” is, in sharp contrast, totally ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
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East Neuk Festival finishes with flourish of French horns
Such was the spontaneity and impishness of the presentation that elements of cross fertilisation inevitable took root. And there was a ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
7
The Classical Music Network
The concluding bars render glances of Chabrier impishness. Influences by César Franck were especially strong when Dubois composed his ... «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»
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Movie review: 'Magic Mike XXL' extra, extra lethargic
... ("Behind the Candleabra") and populist pulp (the "Oceans" movies) with an appealing gloss and rich sense of character and impishness. «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
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Review Roundup: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Opens …
... lies a superb performance by Suchet that reminds us that even Lady Bracknell contains a certain impishness beneath her elegantly frocked ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Wails and Warnings
The monkey, cat and cock intensify the air of absurdity with their impishness. Suresh's 'Comparison of two Mountains' is something that nudges ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
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