Meaning

1 senses

  1. Disreputable, roguish.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Where did you rapscallions put my chair?

    ruКуда вы, пройдохи, дели мой стул? — IAlexI

    deWo habt ihr Schlingel meinen Stuhl hingetan? — IAlexI

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  2. My pet mouse is a rapscallion; she keeps escaping from her cage!

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Origin

From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naught

From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naughty”).

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Forms

more rapscallion, most rapscallion
Comparativemore rapscallion Lesson
Superlativemost rapscallion Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rappelrapperrapportC1rapprochementraptraptureC2
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