rascaile

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === raskaile, raskaille, raskel, raskayl, rascayl, rascalle === Etymology === Derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicare (“to scrape”). === Noun === rascaile (plural rascailes) people of the lowest class; rabble of an army ==== Descendants ==== English: rascal Yola: raskail ==== References ==== “rascaile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.