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adj
Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: raffish, jaunty
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Like a rake; dissolute; profligate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness- Crary Moore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: devil-may-care, raffish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English rake Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English rakish From rake (“man habituated to immoral conduct”) + -ish.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
