mischievousness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an attribute of mischievous children
noun the trait of behaving like an imp
noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

From mischievous + -ness.

She was clever, witty, brilliant, and sparkling beyond most of her kind; but possessed of many devils of malice and mischievousness. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Cecil, who had his full share of mediaeval mischievousness, replied that the physique of the lower middle classes was improving at a most appalling rate. — A Room with a View, E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
The bravadoing mischievousness of Autolycus is slid into the world on humor, as a pirate schooner, with colors flying, is launched into the sea on greased ways." — The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, Herman Melville

naughtiness, badness

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