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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries장난스마트
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jangnanseureoun
"그의 미소에는 짓궂은 구석이 있었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality or state of being mischievously clever, roguish, or playfully presumptuous.
"There was a distinct touch of archness in her smile when she asked if I knew who took the keys." - 2
Affectation of knowingness or saucy superiority.
"His performance was marred by a cloying archness that felt forced and unnatural."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'arch' (meaning mischievous, sly, or principal) combined with the Old English nominal suffix '-nes(s)'. The root adjective 'arch' traces back to the prefix archi- from Greek via Latin and Old French, later acquiring a sense of roguish cleverness in 16th-century English.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Archness" is said worldwide
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espièglerie
Transliteration: espièglerie
"Il y avait de l'espièglerie dans son regard."
Schalkhaftigkeit
Transliteration: Schalkhaftigkeit
"Ein Anflug von Schalkhaftigkeit lag in ihrem Lächeln."
malizia
Transliteration: malizia
"C'era un filo di malizia nel suo tono."
picardía
Transliteration: picardía
"Había una pizca de picardía en su sonrisa."
malícia
Transliteration: malícia
"Havia uma ponta de malícia no seu sorriso."
नटखटपन
Transliteration: natkhatpan
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी मुस्कान में एक हल्का सा नटखटपन था।"
调皮
Transliteration: tiáopí
Script: 中文汉字
"她的微笑中带着一丝调皮。"
장난스마트
Transliteration: jangnanseureoun
Script: 한국어 한글
"그의 미소에는 짓궂은 구석이 있었다."
茶目っ気
Transliteration: chametkke
Script: 日本語
"彼女の笑顔には少し茶目っ気があった。"
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