trickster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
noun a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

From trick + -ster.

Keane Clason--trickster, traitor, arch-criminal--must be destroyed! — Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930, Unknown
Hermes the Trickster is a mighty god. — A Victor of Salamis, William Stearns Davis
What buffoons, tricksters, a vile herd without taste or polish! — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz

prankster, cut-up, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker

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