[ adj ] witty or joking <adj.all> Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer
Waggish \Wag"gish\ (-g[i^]sh), a. 1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. ``A company of waggish boys.'' --L'Estrange.
2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. ※ -- {Wag"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Wag"gish*ness}, n.
In a waggish effort to help out, a utility employee recently put an ad in a local paper offering Rancho Seco for sale.
"You even have to bribe the waiter to serve you champagne." But Mr. Moschen, a wiry 35-year-old with thinning curly hair and a surname made to delight waggish copywriters, is not your traditional juggler.
They are there simply to be beautiful. They take their name (so The Secret Garden Company informs me) from a 'waggish pretence of Latin learning', purporting as they do to be places from which to gaze.