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Knowing quality of knight captured in game by a rook
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archness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inappropriate playfulness [syn: impertinence , perkiness , pertness , sauciness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being arch.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Archness \Arch"ness\, n. The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. --Goldsmith.
Usage examples of archness.
This time he thought Laetitia must have betrayed him, and bowing to Lady Busshe and Lady Culmer, gallantly pressing their fingers and responding to their becks and archnesses, he ruminated on his defences before he should accost her father.
Archness became this lady of the sunny hair, tip-tilted nose, and complexion that outvied the apple-blossoms.