scapegrace
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
scapegrace (plural scapegraces)
- A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.
- 2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming:
- An infantry officer in the trenches, Graves wrote of his rocky and scapegrace return to civilian life: "I still had the Army Habit of commandeering anything of uncertain ownership that I found lying about; also a difficulty in telling the truth--it was always easier for me now, when charged with any fault, to lie my way out in Army style."
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:scapegrace.
Synonyms
- black sheep, rascal, rogue; see also Thesaurus:villain