Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being roguish,
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- noun The property of being or appearing
roguish .
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- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
Etymologies
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Examples
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And when he said this he looked at Edgar with a paternal kind of roguishness that really sat very well on his handsome old face, and that every one took to mean Adelaide.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various
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Encouraging news had just come down from Stuart River, and Madeline had surpassed herself -- not in walk alone, and carriage and grace, but in womanly roguishness.
The Wife of a King 2010
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It was the spirits and the intelligence, combined with inordinate roguishness, that made him what he was.
Chapter XI 2010
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As he rode along, learning the good nature, the roguishness and the dependableness of the animal, Graham hummed the words of the Gypsy
CHAPTER XXI 2010
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Encouraging news had just come down from Stuart River, and Madeline had surpassed herself -- not in walk alone, and carriage and grace, but in womanly roguishness.
The Wife of a King 2010
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She does her best, but Prince, bubbling over with roguishness, lags behind.
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This particular sea - cuny, I admit, blushed through his sea tan till the Lady Om's eyes were twin pools of roguishness in their teasing deliciousness and my arms were all but about her.
Chapter 15 2010
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Towards Angela, nicely endowed with a house on the edge of Wentworth golf course, he behaved with the avuncular roguishness that had kept many a widow faithful to his stable in spite of persistent rumours that he would probably cheat them if given half a chance.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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In this season where Going Rogue is either going vogue for some or going bogus for others, try a little roguishness yourself.
Dr. Judith Rich: Have Yourself A Merry Little Chrismahanukwanzaadan 2009
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A plan to take revenge on the Reverend succeeds in ruining him, and Douglas begins to repent of his roguishness.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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