rogue
noun/rəʊɡ/
/rəʊɡ/
- (humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive
- He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.
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- (old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral synonym rascal
- a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).
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