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1. Vagrant. Spenser. His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. Shak. 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden.

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1. Vagrant. Spenser. His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. Shak. 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden. -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n.

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  • CHARACTERISTIC
    Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
  • KNAVISHNESS
    The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
  • VAGRANTNESS
    State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
  • BEWITCHING
    Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.
  • 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.
  • BEWITCHERY
    The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
  • ANYTHINGARIAN
    One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
  • KNAVISH
    1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay. 2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish. Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • ROGUE
    A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the
  • ROGUESHIP
    The quality or state of being a rogue. "Your rogueship." Dryden.
  • KNAVISHLY
    1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland. 2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • VAGRANTLY
    In a vagrant manner.
  • BEWITCHEDNESS
    The state of being bewitched. Gauden.
  • WAGGISH
    1. Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome. "A company of waggish boys." L'Estrange. 2. Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick. -- Wag"gish*ly, adv.
  • ROGUISH
    1. Vagrant. Spenser. His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. Shak. 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden.
  • VAGRANT
    waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander , but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari. 1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled. That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. Prior. While leading
  • BEWITCHMENT
    1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.
  • MISCHIEVOUS
    Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South.
  • SCAPEGALLOWS
    One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. Dickens.
  • DISPENSER
    One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
  • BROGUES
    Breeches. Shenstone.
  • GALLOWS
    The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. (more info) AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. galgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows
  • ALLHALLOW; ALLHALLOWS
    1. All the saints . 2. All Saints' Day, November 1st.

 

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