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Webster 1913 Edition


Rascality

Ras-cal′i-ty

(răs-kăl′ĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Rascalities
(răs-kăl′ĭ-tĭz)
1.
The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
2.
The poorer and lower classes of people.
[Obs.]
The chief heads of their clans with their several
rascalities
T. Jackson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rascality

RASCAL'ITY

,
Noun.
1.
The low mean people.
2.
Mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. [This is its sense in present usage in America.]