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Answer for the clue "The trait of behaving like an imp ", 10 letters:
impishness

Word definitions for impishness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: mischievousness , puckishness , whimsicality ]

Usage examples of impishness.

The child looked up at his approach, all the natural impishness of her small face drowned in sorrow.

There was that same impishness, that same bland unscrupulousness, that same pathetic desire to do her a good turn however it might affect anybody else which, if she might compare the two things, had caused him to pass her off on unfortunate Mr Mariner of Brookport as a girl of wealth with tastes in the direction of real estate.