All 7 Uses of
rogue
in
Twelfth Night
- Peace, you rogue; no more o' that; here comes my lady: make your excuse wisely; you were best.†
Scene 1.5
- Here's an overweening rogue!†
Scene 2.5
- 'Slight, I could so beat the rogue:— SIR TOBY.†
Scene 2.5
- Ah, rogue!†
Scene 2.5
- Thou kill'st me like a rogue and a villain.
Scene 3.4 *rogue = a deceitful, unprincipled person
- Then he's a rogue.†
Scene 5.1
- After a passy-measure, or a pavin, I hate a drunken rogue.†
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Definition:
not normal and possibly dangerous -- possibly alone
The exact meaning of rogue can depend upon its context. For example:
- "a rogue state" -- (politics) a dangerous country that ignores international conventions
- "a rogue animal" -- (especially of an elephant) dangerous and not living with or like its kind
- "a rogue trader" -- (finance) an employee who makes unauthorized and improper securities trades
- "a rogue wave" -- (oceanography) a dangerous wave that is much larger than others around it
- "rogue cells" -- (biology) tumor cells
- "He is a rouge." -- someone who is deceitful and unprincipled (though possibly liked despite that)
- "a roguish grin" -- mischievous (causing minor trouble in a playful, harmless way)