scoundrellyadj.
/ˈskaʊndrəli/, /ˈskaʊndrl̩i/, U.S. /ˈskaʊndrəli/ Having the character of a scoundrel; of, belonging to, or characteristic of a scoundrel; characterized by scoundrelism.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective]
pautenerc1330
palliard1484
limmer?a1513
limmerful?a1513
slovenly?1518
knavish1552
patchingc1555
rascal1566
roguing1566
knaifatic1568
roguish1572
rascally1586
land-loping1587
Scanderbegging1593
cullionly1608
rogorous1609
loseling1624
scoundrel1643
schelmish1654
pickled1683
rapscallionly1699
scoundrelish1705
rapscallion1711
pickle1774
scoundrelly1790
picaresque1822
furciferous1823
scapegrace1830
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective]
pautenerc1330
palliard1484
varletc1485
knavisha1492
limmer?a1513
limmerful?a1513
briberous?1536
patchingc1555
rascal1566
roguing1566
roguish1575
arrant1581
skybala1585
rascally1586
land-loping1587
shag-ragc1590
Scanderbegging1593
Scanderbeg1601
rogorous1609
rogueya1627
scoundrel1643
schelmish1654
skelm1673
rapscallionly1699
rapscallion1711
scoundrelly1790
furciferous1823
scapegrace1830
1790 R. Burns Let. 2 Mar. (2003) II. 21 Mankind are by nature benevolent creatures; except in a few scoundrelly instances.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 124 I have directed the constables to take up that old scoundrelly beggar, Edie Ochiltree, for spreading disaffection.
1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 356 I read on till I got to the base and scoundrelly part of the address.
1847 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 116/2 Tom Starlight, the poacher,..inveighing against the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. iv. 319 Money back? ‘I will none of His scoundrelly money’.
1885 Liverpool Daily Post 9 Feb. 4/8 A scoundrelly pasha..opened the gates of the city and let the Mahdi in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1790