rascality

American  

[ra-skal-i-tee] / ræˈskæl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

rascalities

1. rascally or knavish character or conduct.

2. a rascally act.

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rascality British  

/ rɑːˈskælɪtɪ /

noun

1. mischievous, disreputable, or dishonest character, behaviour, or action

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Etymology

Origin of rascality

First recorded in 1570–80; rascal + -ity

Example Sentences

It is dangerous, with such a firm in our midst, to be guilty even of genteel rascality.

From Literature

I thought about the tongue-in-cheek lyrics that di Rosa handed out to the museum’s earliest guests in the late 1990s: “Art here is a healthy remedy / with a laugh at rascality not posing as ponderosity.”

From New York Times

With N. P. Thomas, a Ranger who was one of his closest friends, he was sent to deal with a plague of rascality in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle.

From Literature

He was hopelessly naive regarding the rascality unleashed by the sudden postwar arrival of industrialism entangled with government.

From Washington Post

Aaron Reynolds’s “Creepy Carrots!” offered that perfect tension between banality and rascality — not to mention that it confirmed our hatred of carrots.

From Washington Post