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archrogue

noun

Etymology

From arch- + rogue.

  1. derived from hrokr — “excess, exuberance”
  2. derived from rogre — “aggressive”
  3. derived from rogue — “arrogant, haughty”
  4. derived from rogō — “to ask”
  5. prefixed as archrogue — “arch + rogue”

Definitions

  1. An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.

    • That Menaboju, he certainly is the greatest archrogue in the whole wide world.
    • Odysseus was wily, cunning, and adaptable, a grandson of the archrogue Autolycus and favored by Athena for his intelligence.

  2. The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.

    • During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries master thieves entrusted with the education of novices were well known in England, France, and Italy, and were archrogues in the various associations of beggars and vagabonds.
    • In addition to his business enterprises I have already mentioned, he is also in the business of being a physician and, so I am told, the business of being an archrogue.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA