roguish

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roguish

  • /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/ UK
  • /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊɡɪʃ

adjective more roguish · most roguish · rogueish

  1. Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
  2. idiomatic Mischievous and playful. "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.

    Similar: roguey

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adj unprincipled or unscrupulous

Deutschskrupellos, gewissenlos, schurkisch

adj mischievous and playful

Deutschspitzbübisch, verschmitzt, schalkhaft

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@misc{roguish_2026,
  title = {roguish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roguish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}