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knavish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Knavish \Knav"ish\, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave[3]; given to knavery;
trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish
fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians."
--Macaulay.
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2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish; rascally.
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Cupid is knavish lad,
Thus to make poor females mad. --Shak.
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