Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a.
Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
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The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.
--Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a. (Naut.)
Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rakish
adj 1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty,
natty, raffish, smart, 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "rakish":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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