imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
(noun) one who is playfully mischievous
rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet
(noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rascal
A surname.
• Claars, craals, lascar, sacral, sarlac, scalar
rascal (plural rascals)
A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
(Papua New Guinea) A member of a criminal gang.
• (dishonest person; rogue): see villain
• (cheeky person): devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel; see also troublemaker
rascal (comparative more rascal, superlative most rascal)
(archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.
• Claars, craals, lascar, sacral, sarlac, scalar
Source: Wiktionary
Ras"cal, n. Etym: [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.]
1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill- conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.] He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19). Poor men alone No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak.
2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. Dryden.
Ras`cal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." Spencer. "The rascal people." Shak. While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
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