Name: Anonymous 2011-06-17 17:26
Main Entry:1rogue
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:origin unknown
1 a : VAGRANT, TRAMP, BEGGAR b : a wandering, disorderly, or dissolute person formerly accountable under various vagrancy acts — usually used in the phrase rogues and vagabonds
2 a : a dishonest unprincipled person; specifically : SWINDLER b : a worthless fellow : SCOUNDREL
3 : a pleasantly mischievous person *tell me about ... the dear little rogues— Walt Whitman*
4 a (1) : ROGUE ELEPHANT (2) : a large animal with habits like those of a rogue elephant b : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 a : an individual exhibiting a chance biological variation or deviating from the type of a variety or breed — usually used of an inferior, diseased, or abnormal plant b : a normal plant (as of a named variety) that is accidentally mixed in with plants of another kind (as a red tulip in a field of white tulips
synonyms see VILLAIN
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:origin unknown
1 a : VAGRANT, TRAMP, BEGGAR b : a wandering, disorderly, or dissolute person formerly accountable under various vagrancy acts — usually used in the phrase rogues and vagabonds
2 a : a dishonest unprincipled person; specifically : SWINDLER b : a worthless fellow : SCOUNDREL
3 : a pleasantly mischievous person *tell me about ... the dear little rogues— Walt Whitman*
4 a (1) : ROGUE ELEPHANT (2) : a large animal with habits like those of a rogue elephant b : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 a : an individual exhibiting a chance biological variation or deviating from the type of a variety or breed — usually used of an inferior, diseased, or abnormal plant b : a normal plant (as of a named variety) that is accidentally mixed in with plants of another kind (as a red tulip in a field of white tulips
synonyms see VILLAIN