English Explanatory Dictionary

rogue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
  2. A mischievous scamp.
  3. A vagrant.
  4. Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
  5. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
  6. A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
  7. A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
  8. A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
adj
  1. Vicious and solitary.
  2. Large, destructive and unpredictable.
  3. Deceitful, unprincipled.
  4. Mischievous, unpredictable.
verb
  1. To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
  2. To cheat.
  3. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
  4. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

rōg /ˈɹəʊɡ/ /ˈɹoʊ̯ɡ/ en-us-rogue.ogg

Word forms

rogue rogues more rogue most rogue roguing rogueing rogued

Etymology

Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).

Synonyms

antimodel bad guy baddie bastard beggar blackguard bounder cad coistril evildoer fustilarian harlot heavy knave lidderon makeshift miscreant ne'er-do-well niding nithing rapscallion rascal rogue scab scamp scapegrace scoundrel scum scumbag thug undesirable varlet villain

Related words

rouge the shade of red

Derived words

archrogue barrier rogue comrogue go rogue outrogue rogue access point rogue apostrophe roguedom rogue elephant rogue gallery roguehood roguelike rogueling rogue-lite rogue money rogue planet rogue regime roguery rogues' gallery rogueship rogue state rogue trader rogue wave roguey roguish
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