rapscallion

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel. dated
    — “If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something.
形容词 adj.
  1. Disreputable, roguish.
    — [H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker.

词形变化

rapscallions plural more rapscallion comparative most rapscallion superlative

词源

词源 1
From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naughty”).
词源 2
From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naughty”).
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