n.
a mischievous or impudent person, especially a child.
▸a dishonest or untrustworthy man.
Derivative
- rascality n.
(pl. rascalities)
. - rascally adj.
Etymology
ME (in the senses ‘a mob’ and ‘member of the rabble’): from OFr. rascaille ‘rabble’, of uncertain origin.
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