Definition for KNAV'ISH

KNAV'ISH, a. [na'vish.]

  1. Dishonest; fraudulent; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick or transaction.
  2. Waggish; mischievous. Cupid is a knavish lad, / Thus to make poor females mad. – Shak.

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