truantryn.
/ˈtruːəntri/ΘΚΠ
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
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17828 Thys dyssh that I holde in myn hond, (In ffrenche callyd ‘Coquynerye’ And in ynglyssh ‘Trwandrye’).
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xxii. 147 This hand heere is cleped coquinerie; Trewaundrie bi name j cleyme it.
2. Idleness, truancy; the practice, or an act, of playing truant.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > difficult or unwilling pupil or student > truant > action of truanting
truantry1481
truantness1483
truanting1532
truantshipa1568
truantism1812
mitching1874
truancy1905
the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > absenting oneself > without leave
truancy1784
truantry1811
mitching1874
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > neglect of duty
truantness1483
truanting1532
truancy1784
truantry1811
gold-bricking1918
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 9 Yf the scolers were not beten..and reprised of their truantrye, they shold neuer lerne.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xl. 227 In the maisters house..children may..be lesse subiect to loytering and trewantrie.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 301 An understanding Tutor, who..knew discreetly to connive at this and other truantries.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. x. 166 Her frequent..truantries from the place where she ought to have been.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits ii. 27 Infinite yawnings during lecture and unquenchable gusto in the delights of truantry.
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