Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MIS'CHIEV-OUS
MIS'CHIEF-MAK-INGMIS'CHIEV-OUS-LY
MIS'CHIEV-OUS, a.
- Harmful; hurtful; injurious; making mischief; of persons; as, a mischievous man or disposition.
- Hurtful; noxious; as, a mischievous thing. Arbuthnot.
- Inclined to do harm; as, a mischievous boy.
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