Rapscallion
Language Log 2024-11-04
Summary:
A recent Bluesky post by George Takei, re-skying (?) @GraniteDhuine: [image or embed] — George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) November 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM As Wiktionary explains, the etymology of the base word rascal is rather tasteless: Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th […]