Rascaldom
/ˈræs.kəl.dəm/noun
The state, condition, or collective body of rascals.
Did you know?-dom is an ancient power-suffix from Old English that turns a person into a whole condition or domain, so rascaldom means not one rascal, but the entire social territory of them.
Etymological Timeline
13th Century
Old French
rascaille
“rabble, common people, riffraff”
Late Middle English
English
rascal
“a low person; later, a dishonest or mischievous person”
Old English
English
-dom
“state, condition, judgment, realm, authority”
16th Century
English
rascaldom
“the state or collective body of rascals”
Modern English
English
rascaldom
“the condition or group of rascals”