roguish

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ROGUISH, adjective 1. Vagrant; vagabond. [Nearly obsolete.] 2. Knavish; fraudulent; dishonest. [This is the present sense of the word.] 3. Waggish; wanton; slightly mischievous.
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