[syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rascality \Ras*cal"i*ty\ (r[a^]s*k[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Rascalities (r[a^]s*k[a^]l"[i^]*t[i^]z)
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1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean
trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
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2. The poorer and lower classes of people. [Obs.]
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The chief heads of their clans with their several
rascalities --T. Jackson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rascality
n 1: the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks [syn:
prankishness, rascality, roguishness]
2: the quality of being a slippery rascal [syn: rascality,
shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness]
3: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded
intellect.