scamp

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one who is playfully mischievous
  2. verb perform hastily and carelessly

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schampen (“slip away”), from Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Compare escape.

In classic literature

Synonyms

imp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag

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