Scapegrace

//ˈskeɪpɡɹeɪs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.

    "He is now laden with that superabundant energy which makes a fool of a man, and a scapegrace of a boy, and he wants to work it off."

  2. 2
    a reckless and unprincipled reprobate wordnet

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"He is now laden with that superabundant energy which makes a fool of a man, and a scapegrace of a boy, and he wants to work it off."

Etymology

From scape (“(archaic) escape”) + grace (“grace of god”).

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