roguish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite playful in an appealingly bold way
    devilish; rascally.
    • a roguish grin
  2. adjective satellite lacking principles or scruples
    blackguardly; scoundrelly; rascally.
    • the rascally rabble
    • the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray
    • the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew

WordNet

Rogu"ish adjective
Definitions
  1. Vagrant. Obs. Spenser.
    His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. Shak.
  2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
  3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
    The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden.
    -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n.

Webster 1913