different between rascal vs ladrone

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasic? (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????skl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æskl?/
• Rhymes: -??sk?l, -æsk?l

Noun

rascal (plural rascals)

1. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
2. Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

3. (Papua New Guinea) A member of a criminal gang.

Synonyms

• (dishonest person; rogue): see Thesaurus:villain
• (cheeky person): devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

Translations

Adjective

rascal (comparative more rascal, superlative most rascal)

1. (archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

Translations

Derived terms

• rascality
• rascally
• rascalry

Further reading

• Rascal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Claars, craals, lascar, sacral, sarlac, scalar

English

Alternative forms

• ladron

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ladrón, from Latin latr?nem, accusative singular of latr?. Doublet of latron.

Noun

ladrone (plural ladrones)

1. A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue.

Anagrams

• Landore, Leonard, endoral

Italian

Etymology

From Latin latr?nem, accusative singular of latr?.

Noun

ladrone m (plural ladroni, feminine ladrona)

1. thief; robber (especially a highwayman)

Related terms

• ladro

Noun

ladrone f

1. plural of ladrona

Anagrams

• donarle, Leandro, lodarne