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English
Noun
rascaille (plural rascailles) (obsolete)
- A rascal.
- A rabble or mob.
Old French
Etymology
Diminutive of earlier rascler, from Vulgar Latin *rasicāre (“to escape”), from Latin rasus.
Noun
rascaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural rascailles, nominative singular rascaille, nominative plural rascailles)
- rabble; mob
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rascaille, supplement)