rascaile
Middle English
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editEtymology
editDerived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicare (“to scrape”).
Noun
editrascaile (plural rascailes)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “rascaile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.