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rascal

noun

ras·​cal ˈra-skəl How to pronounce rascal (audio)
1
: a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person
2
: a mischievous person or animal
rascal adjective

Example Sentences

Which one of you rascals woke me up? some cold-blooded rascal had set the barn afire, killing all of the horses
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English rascaile, rascaille, borrowed from Anglo-French rascaille, rascail "rabble," from rasc- (perhaps from Old French —Norman and Picard— *rasquer "to scratch, scrape," going back to Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre) + -aille, collective suffix, going back to Latin -ālia — more at rash entry 1, -al entry 2

Note: Though this etymology works semantically (cf., for example, the sense development of English scum, Russian svoloč'), it is unclear if *rasquer is a possible outcome of *rāsicāre in Norman/Picard. Note that the word is exclusively Anglo-Norman in earlier Medieval French (from the twelfth century), from which it appears to have penetrated into other dialects (see Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, vol. 10, pp. 88-89).

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rascal was in the 15th century

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