tricksy

(1552) ^[1]. → voir trick et -sy.

tricksy \ˈtrɪk.sɪ\

1. Élégant, soigné.
2. Facétieux.
3. 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)

     La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

4. 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)

• ^[1] : The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973, p. 2361