rogue.
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
Meaning & usage
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
A mischievous scamp.
A vagrant.
Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
Vicious and solitary.
Large, destructive and unpredictable.
Deceitful, unprincipled.
Mischievous, unpredictable.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
To cheat.
To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
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