rascal
Betekenis (Engels)
Concepten
Synoniemen
dishonest person
mischievous child
varlet
hussy
gallows-bird
ne’er-do-well
Vertalingen
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɹɑːskl̩/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.
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