Roguish

3 definitions found

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

  Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
     1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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              His roguish madness
              Allows itself to anything.            --Shak.


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     2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
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     3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
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              The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
              roguish cast.                         --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness},
        n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roguish
       adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: {devilish},
               {rascally}]
       2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
          tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray;
          "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: {rascally},
           {scoundrelly}, {blackguardly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguish":
     arch, base, blackguardly, degraded, devilish, elfish, elvish,
     foolish, full of mischief, high-spirited, impish, infamous,
     knavish, mischief-loving, mischievous, notorious, playful,
     prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, rascally, recreant,
     reprobate, scampish, scapegrace, scoundrelly, sportive, trickish,
     tricksy, tricky, vile, villainous, waggish