All 17 Uses of
rogue
in
The Idiot
- Because some fool, or a rogue pretending to be a fool, strikes a man, that man is to be dishonoured for his whole life, unless he wipes out the disgrace with blood, or makes his assailant beg forgiveness on his knees!†
Chpt 1.11
- You have not even done me the honour of looking upon me as a rogue.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- What am I to do with your IOU's, you cunning, unscrupulous rogue?†
Chpt 1.12
- An old woman who had been robbed of five hundred roubles, her all, by some rogue of a usurer, besought him to take up her case, instead of which he defended the usurer himself, a Jew named Zeidler, because this Jew promised to give him fifty roubles....†
Chpt 2.2
- "And the man who won it is a rogue, a rogue whom you ought not to have paid!" cried Lebedeff.†
Chpt 2.2
- "And the man who won it is a rogue, a rogue whom you ought not to have paid!" cried Lebedeff.†
Chpt 2.2
- "Yes, he is a rogue, but I was obliged to pay him," said the young man.†
Chpt 2.2
- As to his being a rogue, he is assuredly that, and I am not saying it because he beat you.†
Chpt 2.2
- In short, that is what convinced me that Tchebaroff must be a rogue, and that he had induced Mr. Burdovsky to attempt this fraud.†
Chpt 2.8
- Gentlemen, I supposed from this that poor Mr. Burdovsky must be a simple-minded man, quite defenceless, and an easy tool in the hands of rogues.†
Chpt 2.8
- I can hardly believe it myself, I assure you; I do not yet believe it; I am still doubtful, because Gavrila Ardalionovitch has not had time to go into details; but there can be no further doubt that Tchebaroff is a rogue!†
Chpt 2.8
- That is what gave a rogue the opportunity of deceiving him; he really did think himself Pavlicheff's son.†
Chpt 2.8
- On the contrary, everyone has been quite sincere in the matter, and although Tchebaroff may be somewhat of a rogue, in this business he has acted simply as any sharp lawyer would do under the circumstances.†
Chpt 2.9
- I dare swear you went down on your knees to that rogue, and begged him to accept your ten thousand roubles!†
Chpt 2.12
- I have not seen him, and he is not a rogue, in my opinion.†
Chpt 2.12
- Aglaya, may I kiss YOUR prince?" cried the young rogue, and sure enough she skipped up to the prince and kissed his forehead.†
Chpt 3.2
- Well done, sly rogue!†
Chpt 3.2
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)