a precious rascal

См. также в других словарях:

• Precious — Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or worth;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Precious metals — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Precious stones — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rascal — Synonyms and related words: bad boy, bastard, blackguard, blighter, booger, bounder, buffoon, bugger, cad, cutup, dastard, devil, elf, enfant terrible, funmaker, good for nothing, heel, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, little …   Moby Thesaurus

• devil — Synonyms and related words: Abaddon, Apollyon, Baba Yaga, Beelzebub, Belial, Bowery bum, Lilith, Linotyper, Lucifer, Mafioso, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Satan, Succubus, Xanthippe, Young Turk, adventurer, adventuress, adversary,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• knave — Synonyms and related words: ace, bad boy, bastard, best bower, blackguard, booger, bower, buffoon, bugger, cards, clubs, cutup, deck, deuce, devil, diamonds, dummy, elf, enfant terrible, face cards, flush, full house, funmaker, hand, hearts, heel …   Moby Thesaurus

• rapscallion — Synonyms and related words: bad boy, blackguard, booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, funmaker, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, limb, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• rogue — Synonyms and related words: SOB, bad boy, balker, balky horse, bastard, blackguard, blighter, booger, bounder, buffoon, bugger, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, churl, contumacious, creep, crock, cross grained, crowbait, cur, cutup, dastard, devil,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• scamp — Synonyms and related words: bad boy, begrudge, bird, blackguard, blink, booger, buffoon, bugger, carefully ignore, chap, cold shoulder, cut a corner, cut corners, cutup, devil, dodge, dog, duck, elf, enfant terrible, famish, fudge, funmaker,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shyster — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, ambulance chaser, blackguard, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, charmer, con artist, con man, confidence man, crafty rascal,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• scalawag — Synonyms and related words: balker, balky horse, blackguard, crock, crowbait, devil, dog, enfant terrible, garron, goat, hack, jade, jughead, knave, limb, mischief, nag, plug, precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, roarer, rogue, rosinante, scamp …   Moby Thesaurus