impish

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These alternately grave and impish modes recur throughout the show, aptly subtitled “Serious Play,” often combining in a single image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The 18-karat toilet was created by Maurizio Cattelan, the same impish artist behind last year’s $6.2 million duct-tape banana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

It is full of eccentrics, impish humour, and the absurdities of small-town and big-city life.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

With one foot in either place, we’re pulled between the impish naivete of childhood — when the future seemed vast and bright — and the doldrums of adulthood.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

The woman turned with an impish grin on her freckled face.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack