RASCAL

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

Proper noun

Rascal

A surname.

Anagrams

• Claars, craals, lascar, sacral, sarlac, scalar

Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (dishonest person; rogue): see villain

• (cheeky person): devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel; see also troublemaker

Adjective

rascal (comparative more rascal, superlative most rascal)

(archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

Anagrams

• 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