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rascal

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɑːskl̩/
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/ˈɹɑːskl̩/ · /ˈɹæskl̩/

Definition of rascal

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
    “Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]”
    “And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]”
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noun

  1. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
    “Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]”
    “And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]”
  2. A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
    “That little rascal bit me!”
    “If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.”
  3. (Papua-New-Guinea)A member of a criminal gang.

adj

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

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.

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