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/skayp"grays'/, n.a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; scamp.[1800-10; SCAPE2 + GRACE]
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Scapegrace — Scape grace , n. A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scapegrace — index degenerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scapegrace — (n.) 1809, from SCAPE (Cf. scape) (v.) + GRACE (Cf. grace) (n.); as if one who escapes the grace of God. Possibly influenced by SCAPEGOAT (Cf. scapegoat) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
scapegrace — [skāp′grās΄] n. [ SCAPE2 + GRACE] a graceless, unprincipled fellow; scamp; rogue; rascal … English World dictionary
scapegrace — noun Etymology: 1scape Date: 1763 an incorrigible rascal … New Collegiate Dictionary
scapegrace — noun /ˈskeɪpɡɹeɪs/ A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel. Syn: black sheep … Wiktionary
scapegrace — Synonyms and related words: backslider, bad boy, bad egg, bad lot, black sheep, booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, degenerate, devil, elf, enfant terrible, fallen angel, funmaker, good for nothing, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester,… … Moby Thesaurus
scapegrace — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scamp, rogue, scoundrel, scalawag; see rascal … English dictionary for students
scapegrace — n. dishonest person, rascal, rogue, scoundrel … English contemporary dictionary
scapegrace — noun archaic a mischievous person; a rascal. Origin C19: from archaic scape escape + grace, i.e. a person who lacks the grace of God … English new terms dictionary
