Rakish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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