ROGUISH

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Vagrant. [Obs.] Spenser. His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. Shak.

2.
a.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.

3.
a.

Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden. -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n.

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