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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɑːskl̩/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹæskl̩/
• 韻: -ɑːskəl, -æskəl
• ハイフネーション: ras‧cal

名詞

rascal (plural rascals)

1. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:

     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: […]

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33:

     And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]

2. (often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

   That little rascal bit me!

   If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.

3. (Papua New Guinea) A member of a criminal gang.

同意語

• (dishonest person; rogue): see Thesaurus:villain
• (cheeky person): devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

派生語

形容詞

rascal (comparative more rascal, superlative most rascal)

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

派生語

• rascality
• rascally
• rascalry

Further reading

• Rascal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

アナグラム

• Claars, craals, lascar, sacral, sarlac, scalar