Etymograph

English

rascalize

From rascal + -ize.

Formed from rascal + -ize

Old French rascaille ‘outcast, rabble’

Middle English rascaile ‘people of the lowest class, rabble of an army’

English rascal

Today it means

verb To slander or disparage as a rascal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / rascalize