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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roguish  \Rogu"ish\,  a. 
  1.  Vagrant.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  His  roguish  madness  Allows  itself  to  anything 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Resembling,  or  characteristic  of  a  rogue;  knavish. 
 
  3.  Pleasantly  mischievous;  waggish;  arch. 
 
  The  most  bewitching  leer  with  her  eyes,  the  most 
  roguish  cast.  --Dryden. 
  --  {Rogu"ish*ly},  adv  --  {Rogu"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




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