Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roguish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
His roguish madness Allows itself to anything.
--Shak.
2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
roguish cast. --Dryden.
-- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roguish
adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: {devilish},
{rascally}]
2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray;
"the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: {rascally},
{scoundrelly}, {blackguardly}]
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