While she called me rascal fiddler. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Rascal — Rascal, el mapache Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rascal, el mapache あらいぐまラスカル (Araiguma rasukaru) Rascal, el mapache Otros títulos Rascal Dirección Hiroshi Saitô … Wikipedia Español
Rascal — or rascals may refer to:In music: * Dizzee Rascal, a solo artist * The Rascals, an American soul group of the 1960s * Rascal Flatts, an American country group * Rascalz, a Canadian hip hop group * The Rascals (English band), an English 3 piece… … Wikipedia
Rascal — Ras cal (r[a^]s kal), n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See {Rase}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. One… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rascal — index malefactor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rascal — early 14c., rascaile people of the lowest class, rabble of an army, from O.Fr. rascaille outcast, rabble (12c.), perhaps from rasque mud, filth, scab, dregs, from V.L. *rasicare to scrape (see RASH (Cf. rash) (n.)). The singular form is first… … Etymology dictionary
rascal — *villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rogue, scamp, rapscallion, miscreant … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rascal — [n] person who is unprincipled, does not work hard beggar, blackguard, black sheep*, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp*, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, goodfor nothing*, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar,… … New thesaurus
rascal — ► NOUN ▪ a mischievous or cheeky person. DERIVATIVES rascality noun rascally adjective. ORIGIN originally in the senses «a mob» and «member of the rabble»: from Old French rascaille rabble … English terms dictionary
rascal — [ras′kəl] n. [ME rascaile < OFr rascaille, scrapings, dregs, rabble < * rasquer, to scrape < VL * rasicare < L rasus: see RAZE] 1. a scoundrel; rogue; scamp: now usually used jokingly or affectionately, as of a mischievous child 2.… … English World dictionary
rascal — Formerly a word of much stronger meaning than it has today, when it is normally applied to a naughty child, especially a boy. It originally meant a man who was one of the common herd, a rogue, and a knave. ‘You whoreson cowardly rascal,’ used… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
