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The definition of a rascal is a person who is playfully mischievous or badly behaved.

(noun)

A child who is always up to no good is an example of a rascal.

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noun

a scoundrel; rogue; scamp: now usually used jokingly or affectionately, as of a mischievous child
Archaic one of the rabble

Origin: ME rascaile < OFr rascaille, scrapings, dregs, rabble < *rasquer, to scrape < VL *rasicare < L rasus: see raze

adjective

Rare low; dishonest; base

See rascal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that is playfully mischievous.
An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.

adjective
Archaic

Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: “Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace” (John Dryden).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners

Origin: , from Old French rascaille

Origin: , probably from rasque, mud

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, to scrape; see rash²

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rasˈcal·ly adjective

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