tricksy
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Adjectif modifier
tricksy \ˈtrɪk.sɪ\
- Élégant, soigné.
- Facétieux.
- Trompeur.
- Then he remembered that it was about the time of the new moon, and if that tricksy orb was in one of its stages of visibility it had set long before. — (Ambrose Bierce, A Wireless Message, 1905, éd. 2008, ISBN 978-0-141-03881-0)
- Piégeux.
- because, as Gollum had said of Bilbo Baggins, it was tricksy, precious, aye, very tricksy — (Stephen King, Dreamcatcher, 2001, ISBN 978-0-743-22188-7)
- Car, comme le disait Gollum de Bilbo Baggins, c'était piégeux, mon chou, ouaip, piégeux. (trad. Albin Michel, 2002)
- because, as Gollum had said of Bilbo Baggins, it was tricksy, precious, aye, very tricksy — (Stephen King, Dreamcatcher, 2001, ISBN 978-0-743-22188-7)
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- [1] : The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973, p. 2361