[F. espièglerie, f. espiègle.] Frolicsomeness, roguishness.
1816. Scott, Antiq., vi. A pretty young woman … with an air of espièglerie which became her very well.
1852. Smedley, L. Arundel, xxxviii. Which act of un-English-woman-like espiéglerie must be set down to the score of a foreign education.
