"roguish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-roguish.wav Forms: more roguish [comparative], most roguish [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊɡɪʃ Etymology: From rogue + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rogue|ish}} rogue + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} roguish (comparative more roguish, superlative most roguish)
  1. Unprincipled or unscrupulous. Translations (unprincipled or unscrupulous): πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) (Ancient Greek), мошенически (mošeničeski) (Bulgarian), skrupellos (German), gewissenlos (German), schurkisch (German), rógánta (Irish)
    Sense id: en-roguish-en-adj-ydNg1lbe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'unprincipled or unscrupulous': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) Mischievous and playful. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: roguey Translations (mischievous and playful): закачлив (zakačliv) (Bulgarian), дяволит (djavolit) (Bulgarian), spitzbübisch (German), verschmitzt (German), schalkhaft [masculine] (German), porohīanga (Maori), skälmsk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roguish-en-adj-3WVf3cHJ Disambiguation of 'mischievous and playful': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rogueish Derived forms: roguishly, roguishness

Alternative forms

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