rascal
11rascal — Formerly a word of much stronger meaning than it has today, when it is normally applied to a naughty child, especially a boy. It originally meant a man who was one of the common herd, a rogue, and a knave. ‘You whoreson cowardly rascal,’ used… …
12Rascal — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Rascal (dessinateur) (1959 ) est un écrivain et illustrateur belge pour enfants Rascal (roman) (1963) un roman de Sterling North sur un raton laveur… …
13rascal — [14] Rascal has been traced back ultimately to Latin rādere ‘scratch’. Its past participial stem rās (source of English erase and razor) formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb *rāsicāre. From this was derived the noun *rāsica ‘scurf, scab, dregs …
14rascal — UK [ˈrɑːsk(ə)l] / US [ˈræsk(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms rascal : singular rascal plural rascals 1) humorous a child who behaves badly but who you like too much to be angry with Come back here, you little rascal! 2) old fashioned a dishonest… …
15rascal — [14] Rascal has been traced back ultimately to Latin rādere ‘scratch’. Its past participial stem rās (source of English erase and razor) formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb *rāsicāre. From this was derived the noun *rāsica ‘scurf, scab, dregs …
16rascal — Synonyms and related words: bad boy, bastard, blackguard, blighter, booger, bounder, buffoon, bugger, cad, cutup, dastard, devil, elf, enfant terrible, funmaker, good for nothing, heel, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, little …
17rascal — [[t]rɑ͟ːsk(ə)l, ræ̱s [/t]] rascals N COUNT If you call a man or child a rascal, you mean that they behave badly and are rude or dishonest. [OLD FASHIONED] What s that old rascal been telling you? Syn: rogue …
18rascal — A scoundrel, except as used with a light touch as it often is, e.g., you little rascal The words, he was a damned rascal, although a vulgar expression, are, perhaps, the strongest in use to convey our ideas of moral turpitude. Brown v Mims, 9 SCL …
19rascal — noun Etymology: Middle English rascaile foot soldiers, commoners, worthless person, from Anglo French rascaille, from Old French dialect (Norman & Picard) *rasquer to scrape, clean off, from Vulgar Latin *rasicare Date: 15th century 1. a mean,… …
20rascal — rascallike, adj. /ras keuhl/, n. 1. a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person. 2. a mischievous person or animal: That child is a real rascal. [1300 50; ME rascaile, raskaille < OF rascaille rabble; perh. akin to RASH2] Syn. 1. rapscallion, scamp …
