mischievious

== English == === Etymology === From mischievous, under the influence of adjectives ending in -ious. === Pronunciation === enPR: mĭs.chēʹ.vē.əs, IPA(key): /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/. Rhymes: -iːviəs === Adjective === mischievious (comparative more mischievious, superlative most mischievious) (nonstandard) Alternative form of mischievous. 1795, a correspondent to the Home Office; quoted in 2014, John Stevenson, Popular Disturbances in England 1700-1832, 2nd edition, Routledge, p. 181 'a want of food must and will keep the popular mind in such a state of irritability as to be easily worked upon by mischievious men' ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling, like mischevious, is attested from the 16th century on, so the corresponding pronunciation is at least as old.