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Rakish definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RA'KISH, a. Given to a dissolute life; lewd; debauched.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore [syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: ⁵rake Date: 1706 of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake ; dissolute II. adjective Etymology: probably from ⁴rake; from the raking masts of pirate ships Date: 1824 1. having a trim or streamlined appearance suggestive of speed <a rakish ship> 2. dashingly or carelessly unconventional ; jaunty <rakish clothes>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. of or like a rake (see RAKE(2)); dashing; jaunty. Derivatives: rakishly adv. rakishness n. 2. adj. (of a ship) smart and fast-looking, seemingly built for speed and therefore open to suspicion of piracy. Etymology: RAKE(3), assoc. with RAKE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rakish Rak"ish, a. Dissolute; lewd; debauched. The arduous task of converting a rakish lover. --Macaulay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rakish Rak"ish, a. (Naut.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A rakish person or appearance is stylish in a confident, bold way. ...a soft-brimmed hat which he wore at a rakish angle. ADJ: usu ADJ n • rakishly ...a hat cocked rakishly over one eye. ADV

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Lewd, debauched, dissolute, licentious.

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, chic, chichi, dandy, dapper, daring, dashing, debauched, debonair, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic, fashionable, fast, flashing, flashy, flaunting, foppish, free, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glittering, jaunty, jazzy, licentious, profligate, raffish, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, showy, smart, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, unbridled, wild