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- [ras-kuh l]
- /ˈræs kəl/
- /ˈrɑː.skəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ras-kuh l]
- /ˈræs kəl/
Definitions of rascal word
- noun rascal a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person. 1
- noun rascal a mischievous person or animal: That child is a real rascal. 1
- noun rascal old man: mischievous 1
- noun rascal villain 1
- countable noun rascal If you call a man or child a rascal, you mean that they behave badly and are rude or dishonest. 0
- noun rascal a disreputable person; villain 0
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Origin of rascal
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English rascaile, raskaille < Old French rascaille rabble; perhaps akin to rash2
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Parts of speech for Rascal
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rascal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rascal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rascal
noun rascal
- antagonizer — a person who antagonizes people, or provokes hostility: The leader was an antagonizer of the peasantry. Compare antagonist.
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- bezonian — a knave or rascal
adj rascal
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
adjective rascal
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- impostrous — (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
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