badmash

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /bʌdˈmɑːʃ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rogue, ruffian or miscreant. British,India,Pakistan,South-Asia
    — ‘However big a badmash one is – if one's happy in consequence, that's some justification.’

词形变化

badmashes plural badmaash alternative budmash alternative

词源

Borrowed from Hindustani بدمعاش (badm'āś) / बदमाश (badmāś) and its source, Persian بدمعاش (badma'âš), from بد (bad, “bad, evil”) + معاش (ma'âš, “life, livelihood”), ultimately from Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live”). Compare lowlife, which is a similar formation in English.
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