rascal英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.

— Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

— That little rascal bit me!
A member of a criminal gang. Papua-New-Guinea

形容词 adj.

Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble. archaic

词形变化

rascals plural more rascal comparative most rascal superlative

词汇关系

近义词

imp mischief-maker scamp scoundrel

衍生词

berascal fat rascal rascaldom rascaless rascalism rascalize rascallike rascalship rascal stew wraprascal

词源

词源 1

Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.

词源 2

Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.