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ras·cal (ras′kəl)

noun

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

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

adjective

Rare low; dishonest; base

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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