roguery

Other forms of roguery

plural

rogueries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about roguery

What does roguery mean?

roguery means "reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others".

How many syllables are in roguery?

roguery has 3 syllables: ro-gue-ry. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for roguery?

Close synonyms include mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roguery a common word?

roguery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.