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Webster 1913 Edition
Roguish
Rogu′ish
,Adj.
1.
Vagrant.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
His
Allows itself to anything.
roguish
madnessAllows 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.Definition 2024
roguish
roguish
English
Adjective
roguish (comparative more roguish, superlative most roguish)
- Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
- Mischievous and playful.
- 1840, The Novel Newspaper (volume 2, page 8)
- "She'll be a match for poor little Cupid, with his tiny bow and arrow, I dare say," said Grace Fitzgerald, with a roguish eye.
- 1840, The Novel Newspaper (volume 2, page 8)