rascal

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

rascals

1.
A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
2.
(often diminutively) 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.
(Papua New Guinea)A member of a criminal gang.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more rascal

Superlative

most rascal

1.
(archaic)Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

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Nguồn gốc từ

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 racaille), perhaps from rasque (mud, filth, scab, dregs), from *rasicō (to scrape). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.