scampy

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English

Etymology

From scamp +‎ -y.

Adjective

scampy (comparative more scampy, superlative most scampy)

  1. scampish
    • 1901, Miles Franklin, “One Grand Passion”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 101:
      Very often, after they sow their wild oats, some of those scampy young fellows settle down and marry a nice young girl and turn out very good husbands.
    • 1988 September 30, Henry Sheehan, “The White Woman's Burden”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      Thanks to his association with Fossey, Sembagare rises in life from scampy village tour guide to responsible adjutant.
    • 1991 December 20, Toni Schlesinger, “Heart Beat”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      The woman had collected a lot of stray dogs and I was petting the dogs and all of a sudden I looked at one--he was kind of scampy with a know-it-all look on his face--and I saw he was holding my diaphragm in his mouth.

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