[rogue] n [origin unknown] (1561) 1: vagrant, tramp
2: a dishonest or worthless person: scoundrel
3: a mischievous person: scamp
4: a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5: an individual exhibiting a chance and usu. inferior biological variation -- rogu.ish adj -- rogu.ish.ly adv -- rogu.ish.ness n
[2]rogue vi rogued ; rogu.ing or rogue.ing (1766): to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field [3]rogue adj (1872) 1 of an animal: being vicious and destructive
2: resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant esp. in being isolated and dangerous or uncontrollable "capsized by a ~ wave"