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rapscallion
What does rapscallion mean?
rapscallion (noun): one who is playfully mischievous.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use rapscallion in a sentence?
- My pet mouse is a rapscallion; she keeps escaping from her cage! (Tatoeba sentence #6031487 by dresisto, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce rapscallion?
/ɹæpˈskæljən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rapscallion come from?
From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal (“someone who is naughty”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of rapscallion?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “rapscallion”?
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What does “rapscallion” mean?
one who is playfully mischievous
Right! That's what “rapscallion” means.
a dazed or unconscious condition
Not quite: that's what trance means.
a written business communication
Not quite: that's what memorandum means.
an artful or simulated semblance
Not quite: that's what guise means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “rapscallion”?
ado
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woe
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hue
Not quite: hue means something else.
imp
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