roguery

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rogue

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French -eriebor.

Middle English -erie

English -ery

English roguery

From rogue + -ery.

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Noun

roguery (countable and uncountable, plural rogueries)

1. Malicious or reckless behaviour.
   • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:

     Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a Point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many curst Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.

2. Mischievous behaviour.

Translations

malicious or reckless behaviour

• Bulgarian: мошеничество (bg) n (mošeničestvo)
• German: Gaunerei (de) f, Schurkerei (de) f
• Irish: cneámhaireacht f
• Italian: birbantaggine f, birbanteria f, bricconaggine f, bricconeria f, marioleria (it) f, baronata f, ribalderia (it) f
• Latin: latrōcinium (la) n
• Polish: draństwo (pl) n, łajdactwo (pl) n, hultajstwo (pl) n, nikczemność (pl) f

mischievous behaviour

• French: friponnerie (fr) f
• Georgian: ყალთაბანდობა (q̇altabandoba)
• German: Spitzbüberei f
• Italian: birboneria f, furfantaggine (it) f, furfanteria (it) f
• Latin: nēquitia f
• Polish: psota (pl) f
• Russian: прока́за (ru) f (prokáza)