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rascality|rɑːˈskælɪtɪ, -æ-|
Also 6–7 rask-.
[f. rascal n. + -ity.]
1. The rabble; the class of rascals. = rascal n. 1. (Common c 1600–1710.)
a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1633) 6 The usurping of the rascalitie can never long endure. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. ii. (1682) 156 The Chief Heads of their Clans, with all the several Rascalities depending on them. 1705Vanbrugh Confederacy i. iii, I love your men of rank, they have something in their air does so distinguish 'em from the rascality. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 409/1 That aversion the rascality had for the better sort of citizens. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 141 You would..long to revisit the rascality of this part of the world.
2. Rascally character or conduct; a rascally act or practice.
1592G. Harvey Four Lett. 46 The thinges are paltry: and the very names sauour of rascallity. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 367 He was for that and other rascallities imprison'd at Coventry. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 30 It presents to us nothing of rascality, and roguishness of look. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 304 Frauds between man and man, and the other rascalities. |