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  • 21trick´si|ly — trick|sy «TRIHK see», adjective. 1. mischievous; playful; frolicsome: »a frolicsome and tricksy creature, full of wild fantastic humours (W. H. Hudson). 2. tricky: »The chopping about has begun to seem tricksy and ornamental (New Stateman).… …

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  • 22trick|sy — «TRIHK see», adjective. 1. mischievous; playful; frolicsome: »a frolicsome and tricksy creature, full of wild fantastic humours (W. H. Hudson). 2. tricky: »The chopping about has begun to seem tricksy and ornamental (New Stateman). SYNONYM(S …

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  • 23Peart — Peart, a. [A variant of pert, a.] Active; lively; brisk; smart; often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as… …

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  • 24Tricksiness — Trick si*ness, n. The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25tipsy — adjective (tipsier; est) Etymology: 1tip + sy (as in tricksy) Date: 1577 1. unsteady, staggering, or foolish from the effects of liquor ; fuddled 2. unsteady, askew < a tipsy angle > • tipsily …

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  • 26flimsy — I. adjective (flimsier; est) Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1film + sy (as in tricksy) Date: circa 1702 1. a. lacking in physical strength or substance < flimsy silks > b. of inferior materials and workmanship 2 …

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  • 27tricksiness — noun see tricksy …

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  • 28Keith Tyson — (b. August 23, 1969) is a British Turner Prize winning artist. He works in a wide range of media, including painting, drawing and installation, and he is noted equally for his painting series, such as Nature Paintings (2005 2008), and his large&#8230; …

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