rogueship
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rogueship (countable and uncountable, plural rogueships)
- (humorous) The quality or state of being a rogue.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- Say, in what nasty cellar under ground
Or what church porch your rogueship may be found?
References[edit]
- “rogueship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.