English → Latin
“roguish” in Latin
nēquamworthless, good-for-nothing; wretched, vileprāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, improperlascīvuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd; luxuriantprotervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audacioushomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
roguish
Bad, wicked, nequam: pravus. [Vid: BAD.]
Wanton, petulant, lascivus (e.g., homo, full of roguish tricks): protervus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for roguish?
- The usual Latin words for “roguish” are nēquam, prāvus, lascīvus; also protervus, homō̆. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.