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  • 31rascal — [14] Rascal has been traced back ultimately to Latin rādere ‘scratch’. Its past participial stem rās (source of English erase and razor) formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb *rāsicāre. From this was derived the noun *rāsica ‘scurf, scab, dregs …

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  • 32villain — villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, rapscallion, miscreant can all denote a low, mean, and reprehensible person utterly lacking in principles. Villain describes one utterly given to crime, evil, and baseness {are not made …

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  • 33rowdy — I n 1. ruffian, tough, Inf. toughie, thug, mugger, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Sl. yap, Inf. plugugly, Inf. goon, hooligan, Chiefly Brit. rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist. Mohock,… …

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  • 34rascal — [14] Rascal has been traced back ultimately to Latin rādere ‘scratch’. Its past participial stem rās (source of English erase and razor) formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb *rāsicāre. From this was derived the noun *rāsica ‘scurf, scab, dregs …

    Word origins

  • 35ras|cal|lion — «ras KAL yuhn», noun. = rapscallion. (Cf. ↑rapscallion) …

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