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Webster 1913 Edition


Roguish

Rogu′ish

,
Adj.
1.
Vagrant.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
His
roguish
madness
Allows itself to anything.
Shakespeare
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roguish

ROGUISH

,
Adj.
1.
Vagrant; vagabond. [Nearly obsolete.]
2.
Knavish; fraudulent; dishonest. [This is the present sense of the word.]
3.
Waggish; wanton; slightly mischievous.