knavishness
31roguery — n 1. knavishness, rascality, roguishness, churlishness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy, incor rigibleness; blackguardism, currishness, caddishness, dastardliness, quackery, Archaic. quacksalvery, mountebankery, charlatanism; imposture,… …
32rowdyism — n 1. ruffianism, hooliganism, hood lumism, blackguardism, vandalism; brutality, barbarity, barbarism, atrociousness, savageness, savagery, viciousness; malevolence, villainy, wrongdoing. 2. boisterousness, crudeness, crudity, rudeness, coarseness …
33knavish — /ˈneɪvɪʃ/ (say nayvish) adjective 1. like or befitting a knave; dishonest. 2. waggish; mischievous. –knavishly, adverb –knavishness, noun …
34knavish — [nāv′ish] adj. like or characteristic of a knave; esp., dishonest; tricky knavishly adv. knavishness n …
35knave — n. 1 a rogue, a scoundrel. 2 = JACK(1) n. 2. Derivatives: knavery n. (pl. ies). knavish adj. knavishly adv. knavishness n. Etymology: OE cnafa boy, servant, f. WG …
