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RASCALITY
mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
(noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness
(noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal
prankishness, rascality, roguishness
(noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rascality (countable and uncountable, plural rascalities)
Rascals collectively; the rabble, the masses.
The behavior of a rascal; the quality of being a rascal.
Anagrams
• sacrality, satyrical, scalarity
Source: Wiktionary
Ras*cal`i*ty, n.; pl. Rascalities (
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
2. The poorer and lower classes of people.[Obs.] The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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