† scroylen.
/skrɔɪl/ Obsolete.
A scoundrel, wretch.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretch > [noun]
argha1275
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caitiffc1325
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fouling?a1475
meschant1490
miscredent?a1500
ketterela1572
miscreant1590
scroyle1602
frummer1659
fustya1732
ramscallion1734
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal
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knavec1275
truantc1290
shreward1297
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koken?a1513
swinger1513
Cock Lorel?1518
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Jack1548
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tutiviller1568
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rampallion1593
Scanderbeg1601
scroyle1602
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1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G2v I cry thee mercy (my good Scroile) was't thou?
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 373 By heauen, these scroyles of Angiers flout you kings. View more context for this quotation
1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant E 3 Then vpon Sabbath dayes the scroyle beginnes With most vnhallowed hands, to weed vp sinnes.
1794 J. Williams Crying Epist. 20 P—t was presuming when a young beginner: S—d—y's a Scroyle—A—d—n's a luckless winner!
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vii. 190 ‘Hang him, foul scroyle, let him pass,’ said the mercer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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