English edit

Etymology edit

wag +‎ -some.

Adjective edit

wagsome (comparative more wagsome, superlative most wagsome)

  1. Waggish.
    • 1869, W. S. Gilbert, “Peter the Wag”, in The "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense, John Camden Hotten, page 194:
      Still humoured he his wagsome turn, // And fed in various ways / The coward rage that dared to burn // But did not dare to blaze.
    • 1894 May 26, Pick-Me-Up, volume 12, number 288, page 115:
      The Evening Grinner sent its funniest journalist and its most wagsome artist to the court.