rogue

noun

/ˈɹəʊɡ/UK/ˈɹoʊ̯ɡ/US

Etymology

Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).

derived from hrokr — “excess, exuberance”
derived from rogre — “aggressive”
derived from rogue — “arrogant, haughty”
derived from rogō — “to ask”

Definitions

1
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]
- He had told more lies in his time, and undergone more baseness of stratagem in order to stave off a small debt, or to swindle a poor creditor, than would have sufficed to make a fortune for a braver rogue.
- “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
2
A mischievous scamp.
- Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!
A vagrant.
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1. 4
  Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
  - Next, click the "Installed on" heading in the Windows 7 uninstaller to sort the list by date, and see if any programs have the same date and time stamps as your rogues.
  - Now though researchers at Microsoft's Malware Protection Center are reporting a downward trend in the traffic generated by some of the most popular rogues over the past 12 months.
2. 5
  An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
  - If he is a rogue, and there's any truth to territoriality at all, we got a good chance of spotting him between Cape Scott and South Beach.
3. 6
  A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control
  A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
  - The rogues among the horses and mules sought every chance to break the line and hide under shady trees where sweet grass grew.
4. A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
5. 8
  A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
  - As a rogue, I weave together light and heavy attacks, sometimes holding a button longer to charge an attack and build up the stagger meter on an enemy.
6. 9
  Vicious and solitary.
  - Mosquito. One lone rogue mosquito.
7. Large, destructive and unpredictable.
8. Deceitful, unprincipled.
9. Mischievous, unpredictable.
10. 13
  To cull
  To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
  - Our skill as roguers was being tested. After we had rogued a field the field was inspected and the potatoes classified Stock Seed, A, B or H. In those days, between Stock seed and Class A, there was £2 per ton of potatoes difference.
11. 14
  To cheat.
  - And then to think that Mark should have rogued me of five shiners! He was clever—that's a fact.
12. 15
  To give the name or designation of rogue to
  To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
  - he Atheists may endeavour to rogue and ridicule all incorporeal Substance
13. 16
  To wander
  To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
  - if hee be but once so taken idlely roguing
14. A surname.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rogue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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

Etymology

Definitions

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Derived

Vish — recursive loop