roguish

English

Alternative forms

• rogueish

Etymology

From rogue +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡɪʃ

Adjective

roguish (comparative more roguish, superlative most roguish)

1. Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
2. (idiomatic) Mischievous and playful.

   Synonym: roguey

   • 1840, The Novel Newspaper, volume 2, page 8:

     "She'll be a match for poor little Cupid, with his tiny bow and arrow, I dare say," said Grace Fitzgerald, with a roguish eye.

Derived terms

• roguishly
• roguishness

Translations

unprincipled or unscrupulous

• Bulgarian: мошенически (bg) (mošeničeski)
• German: skrupellos (de), gewissenlos (de), schurkisch
• Greek:

  Ancient: πανοῦργος (panoûrgos)

• Irish: rógánta

mischievous and playful

• Bulgarian: закачлив (bg) (zakačliv), дяволит (bg) (djavolit)
• German: spitzbübisch (de), verschmitzt (de), schalkhaft (de) m
• Maori: porohīanga
• Swedish: skälmsk (sv)