'Roguish' definitions:

Definition of 'roguish'

From: WordNet
adjective
Playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
adjective
Lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]

Definition of 'Roguish'

From: GCIDE
  • Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
  • 1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. [1913 Webster]
  • The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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