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rascaille

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English

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Noun

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rascaille (plural rascailles) (obsolete)

  1. A rascal.
  2. A rabble or mob.

Old French

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Etymology

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Diminutive of earlier rascler, from Vulgar Latin *rasicāre (to escape), from Latin rasus.

Noun

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rascaille oblique singularf (oblique plural rascailles, nominative singular rascaille, nominative plural rascailles)

  1. rabble; mob

Descendants

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rascaille, supplement)