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Word Meanings - KNAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak. 2. Any

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AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak. 2. Any male servant; a menial. Chaucer. He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. Shak. 3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames. Note: "How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now !" Trench. 4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. Knave child, a male child. Chaucer. Syn. -- Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant.

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  • COMMENDATOR
    One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
  • CHARLATANISM
    Charlatanry.
  • CHARLATANIC; CHARLATANICAL
    Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • DISTEMPERATE
    1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe.
  • APPROVEDLY
    So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
  • COMMENDER
    One who commends or praises.
  • KNAVESS
    A knavish woman. Carlyle.
  • SCAMPER
    To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. Macaulay. The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. S. Sharpe. (more info) campus the field . See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp,
  • RASCALITY
    1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. 2. The poorer and lower classes of people. The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson.
  • DISTEMPERATURE
    1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures
  • UNDECEIVE
    To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.
  • CHEATABLE
    Capable of being cheated.
  • IMPOSTOR
    One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.
  • ROGUERY
    1. The life of a vargant. 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. 3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
  • SWINDLER
    One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. Syn. -- Sharper; rogue. -- Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages.
  • GUIDEBOOK
    A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
  • SCOUNDRELISM
    The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality. Cotgrave.
  • KNAVERY
    Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak. (more info) 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak. 2. pl.
  • VAGABONDAGE
    The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
  • COMMENDATARY
    One who holds a living in commendam.
  • OUTVILLAIN
    To exceed in villainy.
  • DISCAMP
    To drive from a camp. Holland.
  • DISAPPROVE
    1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
  • ESCHEATOR
    An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill.
  • BROGUES
    Breeches. Shenstone.

 

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