Definition of Mischeif
Mis"chief (m&ibreve;s"ch&ibreve;f), n.
[OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref. mes-
(L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef
chief. See Minus, and Chief.]
1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of
order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living
being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil
caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. Chaucer.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs.
Ps. lii. 2.
The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from
many mischiefs. Fuller.
2. Cause of trouble or vexation;
trouble. Milton.
The mischief was, these allies would never
allow that the common enemy was subdued.
Swift.
To be in mischief, to be doing harm or
causing annoyance. -- To make mischief, to
do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels. -- To play
the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into
confusion. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill.
-- Mischief, Damage, Harm. Damage is an
injury which diminishes the value of a thing; harm is an
injury which causes trouble or inconvenience; mischief is an
injury which disturbs the order and consistency of things. We often
suffer damage or harm from accident, but
mischief always springs from perversity or folly.
Mis"chief, v. t. To do harm
to. [Obs.] Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MISCHIEF. A man loaded with mischief, i.e. a man with
his wife on his back.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
- One who causes mischief. In a milder sense, one who causes petty annoyances. Mischief-maker.
- Vexatious or annoying conduct.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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