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RASCALLION

Definition: RASCALLION

RASCALLION

Noun

1. A low, mean wretch.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "RASCALLION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Note: Rascallion \Ras*cal"lion\, noun. From Rascal] low, mean wretch [Written also rascalion.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: RASCALLION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bad Man

Blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak; rapscallion, rascallion; cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, ame-de-boue, drole; cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel; lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond; rogue; (knave); ronian; scum of the earth, riffraff; Arcades ambo.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: RASCALLION

Etymologies containing "RASCALLION": rapscallion. (references)

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Modern Translations: RASCALLION

Language Translations for "RASCALLION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

κατεργάρησ (crook, foxy, knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roguish, scalawag, trickster), αλήτησ (bum, hobo, hoodlum, lout, rapscallion, scamp, tramp, vagabond, vagrant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ascallionray.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "RASCALLION"

Words rhyming with "RASCALLION" (pronounced 'Ras*cal"lion'): Bullion, Cullion, Decillion, Intermodillion, medallion, million, modillion, Nonillion, Octillion, Perduellion, Pillion, Pompillion, Prillion, Quadrillion, Quintilllion, rapscallion, rebellion, scallion, Septillion, Sextillion, stallion, Stellion, Stillion, Tabellion, Tourbillion, trillion, Turbillion. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RASCALLION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-r-s"

-1 letter: carillons.

-2 letters: ancillas, carillon, clarions, inscroll, ocarinas, orinasal, scallion.

-3 letters: acrasin, alnicos, ancilla, arnicas, asocial, callans, canolas, carinal, carinas, carlins, clarion, collars, collins, cranial, ocarina, oilcans, solaria.

-4 letters: acinar, acorns, alnico, aloins, arnica, arsino, cairns, callan, callas, canals, canola, carina, carlin, carnal, caroli, carols, casino, claros, clinal, clonal, coalas, colins, collar, corals, craals, crania, laical, lanais, lascar, lianas, lilacs, linacs, llanos, locals, lorans, lorica, nairas, narcos, narial, nasial, nicols, norias, oilcan, orcins, racial, racons, rascal, sacral, sailor, salina, scalar, scilla, scoria, scroll, social.

-5 letters: acari, acorn, airns, alans, alias, aloin, anils, anlas, anoas, arias, arils, arson, cains, cairn, calla, calls, calos, canal, canso, carls, carns, carol, cions, clans, claro, clons, coala, coals, coils, coins, coirs, colas, colin, coral, coria, corns, craal, icons, irons, laari, laics, lairs, lanai, laris, liana, liars, lilac, linac, linos, lions, liras, llano, loans, local, loins, loral, loran, loris, nails, naira, narco, narcs, naric, naris, nasal, nicol, nills, noils, noirs, noria, noris, ollas, orals, orcas, orcin, ornis, racon, raias, rails, rains, ranis, rials, rills, roans, roils, rolls, rosin, sacra, salal, salic, salol, salon, saran, sarin, scall, scion, scorn, slain, snail, snarl, solan, solar, sonar, sonic.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-r-s"
 

+1 letter: rapscallion.

 

+2 letters: rapscallions, sardonically.

 

+3 letters: hallucinators, postcranially, reallocations, thrasonically.

 

+4 letters: astronomically, collaborations, organismically, recalculations, ultrasonically.

 

+5 letters: allegoricalness, anisotropically, astronautically, chorioallantois, crystallization, electroanalysis, gastronomically, organometallics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RASCALLION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 41 53 43 41 4C 4C 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .-    ...    -.-.    .-    .-..    .-..    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000001 01010011 01000011 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#83 &#67 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0053 0043 0041 004C 004C 0049 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52355337354646434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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