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rapscallion

[rap-skal-yuhn] Origin

rap·scal·lion

[rap-skal-yuhn]
noun
a rascal; rogue; scamp.

Origin:
1690–1700; earlier rascallion, based on rascal
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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rapscallion (ræpˈskæljən)
 
n
a disreputable person; rascal or rogue
 
[C17: from earlier rascallion; see rascal]

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rapscallion
1690s, alteration of rascallion (1640s), a fanciful elaboration of rascal (q.v.). It is the parallel term of now-extinct rampallion (1590s), from M.E. ramp (n.) "ill-behaved woman" (mid-15c.), which is probably connected to the definition of romp in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) as "a rude, awkward, boisterous,
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untaught girl."
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