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–noun

1.	a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.

2.	a mischievous person or animal: That child is a real rascal.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME rascaile, raskaille < OF rascaille rabble; perh. akin to rash²

]

—Related forms

ras·cal·like, adjective

—Synonyms 1. rapscallion, scamp, villain, miscreant, scapegrace. See knave.

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ras·cal Audio Help (rās'kəl) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that is playfully mischievous.
An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.

adj. Archaic
Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace" (John Dryden).

[Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners, from Old French rascaille, probably from rasque, mud, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, to scrape; see rash².]

ras'cal·ly adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rascal

c.1330, rascaile "people of the lowest class, rabble of an army," from O.Fr. rascaille "outcast, rabble" (12c.), perhaps from rasque "mud, filth, scab, dregs," from V.L. *rasicare "to scrape" (see rash (n.)). The singular form is first attested 1461; extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.

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rascal
noun
1.	a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue]
2.	one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
rascal [ˈraːskəl] noun

a cheeky or naughty person, especially a child
Example: a cheeky little rascal

Arabic:	نَذْل
Chinese (Simplified):	恶棍，淘气鬼
Chinese (Traditional):	惡棍，淘氣鬼
Czech:	uličník
Danish:	slyngel
Dutch:	schelm
Estonian:	võrukael, suli
Finnish:	vintiö
French:	coquin, *-ine
German:	der Schurke
Greek:	κατεργάρης
Hungarian:	csirkefogó, csibész
Icelandic:	prakkari
Indonesian:	berandal
Italian:	birba

Japanese:	いたずらっ子
Korean:	악당, 말 안 듣는 말썽꾸러기
Latvian:	palaidnis; blēdis
Lithuanian:	išdykėlis, sukčius
Norwegian:	slyngel, røver, snik
Polish:	łobuz
Portuguese (Brazil):	patife
Portuguese (Portugal):	malandro
Romanian:	ştrengar, puşlama
Russian:	мошенник; негодник
Slovak:	uličník
Slovenian:	porednež
Spanish:	pillín, bribón
Swedish:	lymmel, slyngel
Turkish:	yaramaz kişi, kerata, serseri

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rascal

Ras"cal\, n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.]

1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.]

He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. --Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19).

Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. --Shak.

2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. --Dryden.

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Rascal

Ras`cal\, a. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." --Spencer. "The rascal people." --Shak.

While she called me rascal fiddler. --Shak.

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