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roguish

[ roh-gish ]

adjective

  1. playfully mischievous:

    a roguish smile.

  2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or unscrupulous.


roguish

/ ˈəʊɡɪʃ /

adjective

  1. dishonest or unprincipled
  2. mischievous or arch
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzܾԱ, noun
  • ˈDzܾ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܾ· adverb
  • ·ܾ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roguish1

First recorded in 1565–75; rogue + -ish 1
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That’s not necessarily because judges have become more roguish, but because Trump has given them more to ponder.

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Dressed in a brown leather jacket, crisply pressed blue jeans and a cream-colored cowboy hat, he sticks out his hand and says, “I’m Charley with an –ey,” then flashes a roguish grin.

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Earlier, on the way into her village, we drove past a jodhpur-clad gent on a horse, who gave us a roguish, charming smile.

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Some rap fans see West as a roguish outlaw who beat cancel culture.

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In “The Crown,” he played a roguish friend of Prince Philip; he was the unreliable father of Dr. Jean Milburn’s baby on “Sex Education” and the resentful husband on Lucy Prebble’s “I Hate Suzie.”

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