roguishnessn.
/ˈrəʊɡᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈroʊɡɪʃnᵻs/ The state or character of being roguish; wickedness, villainy; (formerly also) †vagrancy (obsolete). In later use chiefly: mischievousness, playfulness, archness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
foul play1546
patchery?1553
slavery1553
palliardy1568
smaikry1573
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
cullionry1611
scoundrelism1611
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
patchery?1553
palliardy1568
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
scoundrelism1611
roguinga1625
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
scamphood1845
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > state or character
waggishness1591
wagship1608
archness1709
roguishness1816
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxxvi. 73 What labours and trades be best for the communaltie to auoyde, as well roaguishnesse as idlenesse.
1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina ii. 96 Thou hast prostitute thy faith to his roguishness, and thou appearedst as willing to be entangled, as he was willing to entangle thee.
1686 J. Carter Let. 1 Mar. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 330 I have at the same time been sending up my own canoe, which now is above 3 months past and so long delayed by reason of the roguishness of the canoemen.
1730 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth (ed. 2) 142 The Roguishness of one Boy, the Dullness of another..and the Carelessness or Giddiness of all, disturb him beyond all patience.
1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 179 Beyond which even their roguishness does not extend.
1816 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy (ed. 2) 393 These ladies..seem to inherit from their lively grand-mothers a peculiar roguishness of look.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 152 Her..dark eyes hid a soft roguishness under their long lashes.
1875 M. G. Pearse Daniel Quorm 146 A ripple of playful roguishness came over Dan'el's face.
1931 E. Bliss Saraband iii. 136 She said with a certain roguishness that she had been a great gambler in her time.
1967 Times 1 July 11/1 Gramophone records by readers range from the magnificences of the Bible and Paradise Lost to the bucolic roguishness of H. E. Bates' Uncle Silas stories.
1992 Newsweek 25 May 85/1 ‘The Real World’ continues the in-your-face roguishness with which the upstart networks..have refashioned television programming for young people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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