Definitions for: Rascal

[n] one who is playfully mischievous
[n] a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Webster (1913) Definition: Ras"cal, n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF.
racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to
F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr.
L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.]
1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or
creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also,
a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.]

He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty
thousand of the rascal. --Wyclif (1
Kings [1
Samuel] vi.
19).

Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them
[horns] as huge as the rascal. --Shak.

2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a
rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's
a rascal who pretends to more. --Dryden.

Ras`cal, a.
Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low;
mean; base. ``The rascal many.'' --Spencer. ``The rascal
people.'' --Shak.

While she called me rascal fiddler. --Shak.

Synonyms: imp, knave, monkey, rapscallion, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, varlet

See Also: brat, child, fry, holy terror, kid, little terror, minor, nestling, nipper, scoundrel, shaver, small fry, terror, tiddler, tike, tyke, villain, youngster

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