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berascal

verb

Etymology

From be- + rascal.

  1. derived from *rasicō✻ — “to scrape”
  2. derived from rascaille — “outcast, rabble”
  3. inherited from rascaile — “people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”
  4. prefixed as berascal — “be + rascal”

Definitions

  1. To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.

    • She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached.
    • The brothers berascaled each other till they were hoarse, and our hero was, with regret we mention it, kicked out of doors, which kick was accompanied with a trifling curse.

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