mischief
English
/ˈmɪstʃɪf/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- (archaic) Harm or injury:
- (archaic) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
- (euphemism) The Devil; used as an expletive.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English myschef derived from Old French meschief derived from Latin *capare, caput (head, etc, source).
Origin
Latin
caput
Gloss
head, etc, source
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capite English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- making English
- mischiefful English
- mischiefless English
- mischiefmaking English
- mischievous English
- mischievously English
- mischievousness English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Kap German
- capa Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- capote French
- chef French
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- chef Middle English
- myschef Middle English
- myschefe Middle English
- myscheven Middle English
- myschevous Middle English
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chief Old French
- meschief Old French
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- capa Sicilian
- capitolie xno
- capa Tarantino