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scapegrace

[ skeyp-greys ]

noun

  1. a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; scamp.


scapegrace

/ ˈ²õ°ì±ðɪ±èˌɡ°ù±ðɪ²õ /

noun

  1. an idle mischievous person
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scapegrace1

First recorded in 1800–10; scape 2 + grace
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scapegrace1

C19: from scape ² + grace , alluding to a person who lacks God's grace
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Example Sentences

“Not a bit, and you never will. You’ve grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever.â€

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Let her know that she has committed a crime that can land a person behind bars; but remember, too, that this scapegrace is a teenager for now, and your daughter for always.

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The Porters were his difficult, scapegrace father’s family; the Coles were his mother’s rich and ambitious Indiana family.

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Adam Gopnik, in this magazine, argued that the Starr report could be read “as a novel in the classic tradition,†with Bill Clinton as the scapegrace hero.

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I knew that what I did as a 16-year-old in Virginia would forever be a hellhound on my trail, but I hoped that I had outpaced my scapegrace.

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