scampy
English
Etymology
scamp + -y
Adjective
scampy (comparative more scampy, superlative most scampy)
- scampish
- 1991 December 20, Toni Schlesinger, “Heart Beat”, in Chicago Reader:
- The woman had collected a lot of stray dogs and I was petting the dogs and all of a sudden I looked at one--he was kind of scampy with a know-it-all look on his face--and I saw he was holding my diaphragm in his mouth.
- 1988 September 30, Henry Sheehan, “The White Woman's Burden”, in Chicago Reader:
- Thanks to his association with Fossey, Sembagare rises in life from scampy village tour guide to responsible adjutant.
- 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career:
- Very often, after they sow their wild oats, some of those scampy young fellows settle down and marry a nice young girl and turn out very good husbands."
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Anagrams
- spycam