Playful vs Espieglerie - What's the difference?
playful | espieglerie |
liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
fun, recreational, not serious.
experimental.
Impish or playful behaviour; mischief.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter XII
, passage=I yield to no one in my appreciation of her espieglerie , but I'm one of the rabbits and always have been while she is about as pronounced a dasher as ever dashed. What I like is the quiet life, and Roberta Wickham wouldn't recognize the quiet life if you brought it to her on a plate with watercress round it. She's all for not letting the sun go down without having started something calculated to stagger humanity.}}
As an adjective playful
is liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.As a noun espieglerie is
mischief, cheekiness (vexatious or annoying conduct).playful
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Alternative forms
* playfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
- John is a playful fellow.
- A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.
- A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
- He was a rather playful artist.