rascallionn.
/rasˈkalɪən/, U.S. /ræsˈkæljən/, /ræsˈkæliən/ Now archaic and humorous.
A rogue, a rascal.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun]
harlot?c1225
truantc1290
shreward1297
boyc1300
lidderon13..
cokinc1330
pautenerc1330
bribera1387
bricouna1400
losarda1400
rascal?a1400
custronc1400
knapea1450
sloven?a1475
limmerc1485
knavatec1506
smaik?1507
smy?1507
koken?a1513
swinger1513
Cock Lorel?1518
pedlar's French1530
varletc1540
losthope?c1550
makeshift1554
wild rogue1567
miligant1568
rogue1568
crack-halter1573
rascallion1582
schelm1584
scoundrel1589
scaba1592
bezonian1592
slave1592
rampallion1593
Scanderbeg1601
roly-poly1602
canter1608
cantler1611
gue1612
fraudsman1613
Cathayana1616
crack-hempa1616
foiterer1616
tilt1620
picaro1622
picaroon1629
sheepmanc1640
rapscallion1648
scaramouch1677
fripon1691
trickster1711
shake-bag1794
sinner1809
cad1838
badmash1843
scattermouch1892
jazzbo1914
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal
harlot?c1225
knavec1275
truantc1290
shreward1297
boinarda1300
boyc1300
lidderon13..
cokinc1330
pautenerc1330
bribera1387
bricouna1400
losarda1400
rascal?a1400
knapea1450
lotterela1450
limmerc1485
Tutivillus1498
knavatec1506
smy?1507
koken?a1513
swinger1513
Cock Lorel?1518
pedlar's French1530
cust1535
rabiator1535
varletc1540
Jack1548
kern1556
wild rogue1567
miligant1568
rogue1568
tutiviller1568
rascallion1582
schelm1584
scoundrel1589
rampallion1593
Scanderbeg1601
scroyle1602
canter1608
cantler1611
skelm1611
gue1612
Cathayana1616
foiterer1616
tilt1620
picaro1622
picaroon1629
sheepmanc1640
rapscallion1648
marrow1656
Algerine1671
scaramouch1677
fripon1691
shake-bag1794
badling1825
tiger1827
two-for-his-heels1837
ral1846
skeezicks1850
nut1882
gun1890
scattermouch1892
tug1896
natkhat1901
jazzbo1914
scutter1940
bar steward1945
hoor1965
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 209/2 Rascalion.
1649 in H. Wilkins Pol. Ballads (1860) I. 82 To spend our dearest bloods to make rascallions flee.
1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 130 Thy tattard Crew, those lean Rascallions.
1720 C. Molloy Half-pay Officers i. ii. 25 Thou starv'd Rascallion.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. iii. 188 They are..a Scandal to a Profession..which owes to such kind of Rascallions the Ill-will which weak Persons bear towards it. View more context for this quotation
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 43 I must desire you will wink hard at the practices of this rascallion.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 138 I saw two rascallions engaged in emptying a solemn stoup of strong waters.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 300 Now, master rascallion of a wrecker [etc.].
1945 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 July A young rascallion uses the top bar to sight on the ear of a classmate at ten feet.
2005 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 26 Dec. 170 The rascallion died in Vancouver in 1959 but should be revealed to new generations, even in lesser flicks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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