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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Like or characteristic of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous;

as, a

knavish

fellow, or a

knavish

trick

“Knavish politicians.”

Macaulay.

Mischievous; roguish; waggish; rascally.

Cupid is

knavish

lad,
Thus to make poor females mad.

Shakespeare

Adj.

na'vish. Dishonest; fraudulent; as a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick or transaction.

Waggish; mischievous.

Cupid is a knavish lad,

Thus to make poor females mad.

knavish ‎(comparative more knavish, superlative most knavish)