impish

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   naughtily or annoyingly playful

   teasing and worrying with impish laughter

2. 2
   adj

   Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.

   Wild-eyed youngsters they were, with matted hair and little broad-nosed impish faces, covered (as some children are covered even nowadays) with a delicate down of hair.

Etymology

From imp + -ish.