scoundrelish

scoundrelish

English

Etymology

scoundrel +‎ -ish

Adjective

scoundrelish (comparative more scoundrelish, superlative most scoundrelish)

1. (rare) Synonym of scoundrelly
   • 1881, Thomas De Quincey, The Works of Thomas De Quincey, page 259:

     The same infamous trick, so ignoble and scoundrelish, was practised upon the Russian as upon the British ambassador. The emperor, through pure insolence, insisted on feeding the embassy.

   • 2001, Jacob P. Adler, Lulla Rosenfeld, Jacob Adler: A Life on the Stage : a Memoir, Hal Leonard Corporation (→ISBN), page 104:

     With Goldfaden in Odessa we would have to withdraw. But not too far. Only to the nearby provincial towns. To make sure of success there, Rosenberg thought up one of his brilliantly scoundrelish schemes.

   • 2012, S. Dionne Moore, Promise of Tomorrow, Barbour Publishing (→ISBN):

     “You are beautiful,” he whispered. She cast about for something lighthearted to say and skimmed a finger over his upper lip. “I see that your mustache is coming right along. Very scoundrelish.”