Толковый словарь английского языка - mischievous
Mischievous
mischievous
adjective Date: 14th century harmful , injurious , 2. able or tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or minor injury, irresponsibly playful , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Usage: A pronunciation mis-ˈchē-vē-əs and a consequent spelling mischievious are of long standing: evidence for the spelling goes back to the 16th century. Our pronunciation files contain modern attestations ranging from dialect speakers to Herbert Hoover. But both the pronunciation and the spelling are still considered nonstandard.
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adj. 1 (of a person) disposed to mischief. 2 (of conduct) playfully malicious. 3 (of a thing) having harmful effects. Derivatives mischievously adv. mischievousness n. Etymology: ME f. AF meschevous f. OF meschever: see MISCHIEF ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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