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Definition of Roguish

1. Adjective. Playful in an appealingly bold way. "A roguish grin"

2. Adjective. Lacking principles or scruples. "The captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

Definition of Roguish

1. a. Vagrant.

Definition of Roguish

1. Adjective. unprincipled or unscrupulous ¹

2. Adjective. mischievous and playful ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roguish

1. dishonest [adj] - See also: dishonest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roguish

rogue state rogue states rogue wave rogued rogueing roguelike roguelikes rogueries roguery rogues

rogues' gallery rogues gallery rogueship rogueships roguing roguish (current term) roguishly roguishness roguishnesses roguy

rohaite rohu roi fainéant roial roiall roid roid rage roided out roids roil

Literary usage of Roguish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Would-be-roguish. with a would-be-roguish leer and wink, Prologue, at Th., D.. Wound. Which bled all the wounds of my dolour again. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1888)
"There - one woman with a roguish. gypsy face, that strongly continued Miss Bird's comparison of these people to the inhabitants ..."

3. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... have lived very easy; but the Plague of idle and roguish ns9. Servants was grown universal. These two were commit- ted to the Log-House, ..."

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