scape·grace (sk?p?gr?s?)n. A scoundrel; a rascal.[scape + grace.]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.scapegrace (?ske?p??re?s) nan idle mischievous person[C19: from scape2 + grace, alluding to a person who lacks God’s grace]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scape?grace (?ske?p?gre?s) n. a persistent rascal. [1800?10] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.