English-Thai Dictionary
rascal
N คนพาล คนชั่ว คนเลว คนโกง rogue scamp kon-pan
rascaldom
N คนพาล ทั้งหลาย
rascality
N ความ สารเลว ความเลวทราม roguery villainy kwam-sa-ra-reo
rascally
A มี ลักษณะ ของ คนพาล สารเลว
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RASCAL
n. A mean fellow; a scoundrel; in modern usage, a trickish dishonest fellow; a rogue; particularly applied to men and boys guilty of the lesser crimes, and indicating less enormity or guilt than villain.
I have sense to serve my turn in store, and he's a rascal who pretends to more.
RASCAL
a. 1. Lean; as a rascal deer.
2. Mean; low.
RASCALION
n.[from rascal. ] A low mean wretch.
RASCALITY
n. 1. The low mean people.
2. Mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. [This is its sense in present usage in America. ]
RASCALLY
a. 1. Meanly trickish or dishonest; vile.
2. Mean; vile; base; worthless; as a rascally porter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RASCAL
Ras "cal, n. Etym: [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.]
1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill- conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs. ] He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel ] vi. 19 ). Poor men alone No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns ] as huge as the rascal. Shak.
2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. Dryden.
RASCAL
RASCAL Ras `cal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many. " Spencer. "The rascal people. " Shak. While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.
RASCALDOM
RASCALDOM Ras "cal *dom, n.
Defn: State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively. Emerson.
RASCALESS
RASCALESS Ras "cal *ess, n.
Defn: A female rascal. [Humorous ]
RASCALITY
Ras *cal `i *ty, n.; pl. Rascalities (
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
2. The poorer and lower classes of people. [Obs. ] The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson.
RASCALLION
Ras *cal "lion, n. Etym: [From Rascal ]
Defn: A low, mean wretch [Written also rascalion. ]
RASCALLY
RASCALLY Ras "cal *ly, a.
Defn: Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty. Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rascal
ras cal |ˈraskəl ˈræskəl | ▶noun a mischievous or cheeky person, esp. a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way ). DERIVATIVES ras cal i ty |rasˈkalətē |noun ( pl. rascalities ), ras cal ly adjective ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘a mob ’ and ‘member of the rabble ’): from Old French rascaille ‘rabble, ’ of uncertain origin.
Oxford Dictionary
rascal
ras ¦cal |ˈrɑːsk (ə )l | ▶noun a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way ). DERIVATIVES rascality |-ˈskalɪti |noun ( pl. rascalities ), rascally adjective ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘a mob ’ and ‘member of the rabble ’): from Old French rascaille ‘rabble ’, of uncertain origin.
American Oxford Thesaurus
rascal
rascal noun the title character is a lovable rascal: scalawag, imp, monkey, mischief-maker, wretch; informal scamp, tyke, horror, monster, varmint; archaic rapscallion.
Oxford Thesaurus
rascal
rascal noun 1 what's the little rascal been up to now? scallywag, scamp, devil, imp, monkey, mischievous person, mischief-maker, wretch; informal horror, monster; Brit. informal perisher; Irish informal spalpeen; N. English informal tyke, scally; N. Amer. informal varmint, hellion; dated rip; archaic rapscallion, scapegrace. 2 a double-dealing rascal: scoundrel, rogue, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, reprobate; informal villain, rat; Brit. informal scrote; informal, dated rotter, bounder; dated cad; archaic miscreant, blackguard, knave, vagabond, varlet, wastrel.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rascal
ras cal /rǽsk (ə )l |rɑ́ːs -/名詞 C 1 ⦅おどけて ⦆〖時に呼びかけで 〗(憎めない )悪ガキ, 小僧, いたずらっ子 (!しばしば擬人的に ) .2 ⦅やや古 ⦆悪漢, ごろつき, ならず者 .
rascally
r á s cal ly 形容詞 ⦅古 文 ⦆〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗いたずら好きの 〈人 〉; 悪漢の, ならず者の .