Rogue
[rəʊg] or [roɡ]
Definition
(n.) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
(n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
(n.) One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.
(n.) An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.
(n.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.
(v. i.) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
(v. t.) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
(v. t.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Knave, villain, swindler, sharper, cheat, trickster, rascal, scamp, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff.[2]. Mischievous fellow.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vagabond, scamp, rascal, villain, cheat, swindler, sharper
ANT:True-penny, gentleman
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Definition
n. a dishonest person: a knave: a mischievous or frolicsome person: a vagrant a sturdy beggar: a wag: a playful person: a plant that falls short of a standard.—v.i. to play the rogue.—v.t. to cheat.—ns. Rogue′-el′ephant one which lives solitarily and is of dangerous temper; Rogue′-house a lock-up; Rogue′-mon′ey an assessment formerly levied in every county in Scotland for the expenses of catching and prosecuting criminals; Rog′uery knavish tricks: fraud: mischievousness: waggery; Rogue′ship; Rogue's′-march music played when drumming a soldier from a regiment or driving any one away in disgrace.—adj. Rog′uish knavish: mischievous: waggish.—adv. Rog′uishly.—n. Rog′uishness.—adj. Rō′guy (obs.).—Rogues' gallery a collection of photographs of criminals kept at police headquarters.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see or think yourself a rogue, foretells you are about to commit some indiscretion which will give your friends uneasiness of mind. You are likely to suffer from a passing malady. For a woman to think her husband or lover is a rogue, foretells she will be painfully distressed over neglect shown her by a friend.
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Examples
- We need only note two of their names, Carnot, who was an honest republican, and Barras, who was conspicuously a rogue. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now this odious, artful rogue of a Major was thinking in his own mind that he was sure of his case. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You're a damned rogue, says the old gentleman, making a hideous grimace at the door as he shuts it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Everybody is right, I suppose, and the world is a rogue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is seduced into the life of pleasure, and becomes a lawless person and a rogue. Plato. The Republic.
- Time was you called him better names than rogue and swindler. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What a blooming young creature you seem, and what a prize the rogue has got! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Rogue Riderhood was soon roused, and soon undrew the bolt and let him in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I can't say as you treat me exactly like a lady, and--now don't laugh--oh, you sly, pretty rogue! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The purport of the muttering was: 'that Rogue Riderhood, by George! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You shall put it plain if you want it answered,' thought the Rogue, doggedly; 'I ain't a-going a wolunteering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We must have you whipt; you are at least as much rogue as fool. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Rogue had got the clue he wanted, though he held it with a clumsy hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rogue Riderhood had been busy with the river that day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And I couldn't be a match for the rogues, without being a match for you, who are the blackest-looking and the worst rogue between this and France. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There still remained an arrest to be effected, but what were these commonplace rogues that he should soil his hands with them? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- How think you, Sir Brian, were we not better make a virtue of necessity, and compound with the rogues by delivering up our prisoners? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is curious, when a man is bent upon play, by what clumsy rogues he will allow himself to be cheated, Dobbin said; and Emmy said, Indeed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Why, said Brummell to several of these half-and-half sort of gentry, have not I called you Dick, Tom, and John, you rogues? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It means lowering the value of the stone, and cheating the rogues in that way! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But suppose the rogues are bolder than you think, sir? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It IS the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those wicked rogues. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Early in the coming week, the rogues must needs be released, and left free to follow their own devices. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- How is your friend Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite, after the mauling he got from the rogues in Northumberland Street? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The men wear cleaned gloves, and are sad rogues, certainly, but they are not worse than Jack This and Tom That. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You will remember that in the oligarchy were found two classes--rogues and paupers, whom we compared to drones with and without stings. Plato. The Republic.
- What inhuman rogues there are in the world! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I couldn't be a match for the rogues, without being a match for you, who are the blackest-looking and the worst rogue between this and France. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Adeimantus further argues that the ideal is wholly at variance with facts; for experience proves philosophers to be either useless or rogues. Plato. The Republic.
- In 1871 criminals were ordered to be photographed in England, and in America the Rogues’ Gallery became an institution in New York as early as 1857, ambrotypes being first used. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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