rascaille

English

Noun

rascaille (plural rascailles) (obsolete)

  1. A rascal.
  2. A rabble or mob.

Old French

Etymology

Diminutive of earlier rascler, from Vulgar Latin *rasicāre (“to escape”), from Latin rasus.

Noun

rascaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural rascailles, nominative singular rascaille, nominative plural rascailles)

  1. rabble; mob

Descendants
  • French: racaille
  • → Middle English: rascaile, raskaile, raskaille, raskel, raskayl, rascayl, rascalle

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rascaille, supplement)
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