Rapscallion

//ɹæpˈskæljən// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel. dated

    "“If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something."

  2. 2
    one who is playfully mischievous wordnet
  3. 3
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Disreputable, roguish.

    "[H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker."

Synonyms

All synonyms
imprascalroguescampscoundrelagitator

Example

More examples

"My pet mouse is a rapscallion; she keeps escaping from her cage!"

Etymology

From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naughty”).

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