rascal

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Reino Unido//ˈɹɑːskl̩//
Estados Unidos//ˈɹæskl̩//

A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.

substantivo

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
A member of a criminal gang.

Etimologia

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.

adjetivo

1
arcaicoLow; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

Formas

plural: rascals
comparativo: more rascal
superlativo: most rascal

rare · Very uncommon; scarce.rarely · Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.rarity · A measure of the scarcity of an object.

rascal · A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.

Rascal · A surname.rash · Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and…Rash · A surname.

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