ras·cal (r?s?k?l)n.1. One that is playfully mischievous.2. An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.adj. Archaic Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the lower classes: “Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace” (John Dryden).[Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners, from Old French rascaille, probably from rasque, mud, from Vulgar Latin *r?sic?re, to scrape; see rash2.]ras?cal·ly adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.rascal (?r??sk?l) n1. a disreputable person; villain2. a mischievous or impish rogue3. an affectionate or mildly reproving term for a child or old man: you little rascal; the wicked old rascal kissed her. 4. obsolete a person of lowly birthadj (prenominal) obsolete a. belonging to the mob or rabbleb. dishonest; knavish[C14: from Old French rascaille rabble, perhaps from Old Norman French rasque mud, filth]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ras?cal (?ræs k?l) n. 1. a dishonest or unscrupulous person. 2. a mischievous person or animal. [1300?50; Middle English rascaile, raskaille