roguish
/ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Mischievous and playful.
Example Sentences
- ""She'll be a match for poor little Cupid, with his tiny bow and arrow, I dare say," said Grace Fitzgerald, with a roguish eye."
- "Hortense, with her rich chestnut locks so luxuriantly knotted, plaited, twisted, as if she did not know how to dispose of all their abundance, with her vermillion lips, damask cheek, and roguish laughing eye."
- "Back at the sauna, Mr. Pylhhänen gives a roguish grin and says he has found the answer to the “happiest country” debate – in a very Finnish way, of course."
Etymology
Etymology tree English rogue Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English roguish From rogue + -ish.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/