Rascality

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rascality \Ras*cal"i*ty\ (r[a^]s*k[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
     {Rascalities} (r[a^]s*k[a^]l"[i^]*t[i^]z)
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     1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean
        trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
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     2. The poorer and lower classes of people. [Obs.]
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              The chief heads of their clans with their several
              rascalities                           --T. Jackson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rascality
       n 1: the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks [syn: {prankishness},
             {roguishness}]
       2: the quality of being a slippery rascal [syn: {shiftiness}, {slipperiness},
           {trickiness}]
       3: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
          annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making}, {mischievousness},
           {deviltry}, {devilry}, {devilment}, {roguery}, {roguishness},
           {shenanigan}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  RASCALITY, n.  Stupidity militant.  The activity of a clouded
  intellect.