scoundrelismn.
/ˈskaʊndrəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈskaʊndrl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈskaʊndrəˌlɪzəm/ The character, conduct, or practices of a scoundrel; also, a piece of scoundrelism, a scoundrelly act or trait.
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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
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [noun] > instance of
rascality1582
roguery1594
foist1607
scoundrelism1611
vagabundulo1631
vagabondism1841
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
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > instance of
roguery1592
vagabundulo1631
rascality1691
scoundrelism1773
vagabondism1841
rascaldom1851
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Villaquerie, villanie, roguerie, rascalitie, skowndrellisme.
1773 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebr. 25 Aug. (1785) 111 Why, Sir,..there is generally a scoundrelism about a low man.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ix. 291 Thus,..shall the Bastille be abolished from our Earth; and with it, Feudalism, Despotism; and, one hopes, Scoundrelism generally.
1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 194 Hungry mobs, nuclei of all the socialism and scoundrelism of the city.
1902 F. E. Hulme Proverb-lore ii. 62 The epigrams [of John Davies] are, most of them, of a most offensive character... There are two hundred and ninety-two of these scoundrelisms.
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