rogue

Meaning

1. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
2. A mischievous scamp.
3. A vagrant.
4. Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
5. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
6. A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
7. A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.

scoundrel

dishonest person

varlet

naughty child

mischievous person

lurcher

ne’er-do-well

old fox

recalicitrant

cunning fellow

cunning person

mischevious

strong-armer

tricky person

wicked person

bad person

despicable person

lewd person

nonprincipled

rascallion

mumper

witty person

horrible person

horrid person

trickter

villian

gang member

inferior strain

aberrant

inferior breed

aleck

charlatan

hussy

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹəʊ̯ɡ/

Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“I ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).

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