All 13 Uses of
rogue
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- for the one or the other plays the rogue with my great toe.†
Scene 1.2
- thou bastardly rogue!†
Scene 2.1
- Ah, thou honey-seed rogue!†
Scene 2.1
- do, do, thou rogue!†
Scene 2.1
- let him not come hither: it is the foul-mouthed'st rogue in England.†
Scene 2.4
- Away, you mouldy rogue, away!†
Scene 2.4
- hang him, rogue!†
Scene 2.4
- Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!†
Scene 2.4
- come, let me wipe thy face; come on, you whoreson chops: ah, rogue!†
Scene 2.4
- I will toss the rogue in a blanket.†
Scene 2.4
- The rogue fled from me like quicksilver.†
Scene 2.4
- I'll tell you what, you thin man in a censer, I will have you as soundly swinged for this,—you blue-bottle rogue, you filthy famished correctioner, if you be not swinged, I'll forswear half-kirtles.†
Scene 5.4
- Come, you rogue, come; bring me to a justice.
Scene 5.4 *rogue = deceitful person
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)