The Only Use of
rogue
in
The Nickel Boys
- Elwood's arrival did nothing to still Percy's wildness: the corn whiskey and roadhouse nights, the roguish element he brought into their house on Brevard Street.†
p. 71.8roguish = having the characteristics of a "rogue" (not behaving like others; often dangerous)
Definitions:
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(1)
(rogue) someone or something that behaves in an unpredictable, dishonest, or independent way -- often breaking rules or acting outside the norm
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, a rogue can refer to someone without a home who travels from place to place.