All 3 Uses of
rogue
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Coppenole went on,— "You are a rogue with whom I have a fancy for carousing, were it to cost me a new dozen of twelve livres of Tours.†
Chpt 1.1.5
- Meanwhile the king addressed him, from the summit of his cask,— "Who is this rogue?"†
Chpt 1.2.6 *
- It was a sort of investment of good works, which he was effecting in the name of his young brother; it was a stock of good works which he wished to amass in advance for him, in case the little rogue should some day find himself short of that coin, the only sort which is received at the toll-bar of paradise.†
Chpt 1.4.2
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)