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rogue

ro·gue

UK/ˈɹəʊɡ/ US/ˈɹoʊɡ/ fairly common

noun

1.

Origin

Uncertain. From either: * Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“to ask”). * Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this. * Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).

Phrases

  • barrier rogue
  • go rogue
  • rogue access point
  • rogue apostrophe
  • rogue elephant
  • rogue gallery
  • rogue money
  • rogue planet

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