| 单词 |
roguishness |
| 释义 |
roguishness|ˈrəʊgɪʃnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The state or character of being roguish; knavery, roguery; also in later use, playfulness, archness.
1578J. Jones Preserv. Body & Soule i. xxxvi. 73 What labours and trades be best for the communaltie to auoyde, as well roaguishnesse as idlenesse. [1727in Bailey. 1755in Johnson.] 1816Forsyth Italy (ed. 2) 393 These ladies..seem to inherit from their lively grand-mothers a peculiar roguishness of look. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede vii, Her dark eyes hid a soft roguishness under their long lashes. 1875M. G. Pearse Daniel Quorm 146 A ripple of playful roguishness came over Dan'el's face. |

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