Category:Rascal

Ras"cal, n. Etym: [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.

Rascal Ras`cal, a.

Defn: 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.