Definition of Mischeivous
Mis"chie*vous (m&ibreve;s"ch&esl;*vŭs),
a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now
often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin."
Shak.
This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
mischievous to society. South.
Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive.
-- Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. --
Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Causing mischief.
- Badly-behaved.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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