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roguish |
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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