Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KNAV'ISH
KNAV'ISH, a. [na'vish.]
- Dishonest; fraudulent; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick or transaction.
- Waggish; mischievous. Cupid is a knavish lad, / Thus to make poor females mad. – Shak.
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