raffish
Use Raffish in a sentence
ɪʃ adjective
1.
mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
2.
gaudily vulgar or cheap; tawdry.
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raffish (ˈræfɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | careless or unconventional in dress, manners, etc; rakish |
| 2. | tawdry; flashy; vulgar |
| [C19: see | |
| 'raffishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'raffishness | |
| —n | |
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Raffish
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
raffish
"disreputable, vulgar," 1801 (first attested in Jane Austen), from raff "people," usually of a lower sort (1673), probably from rif and raf (1338) "everyone," via Fr. or M.Du., ultimately also probably related to Swed. rafs "rubbish" (see riffraff).
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Example sentences
Inside the atmosphere of the court was as raffish as the outside.
His popularity has always owed more to his raffish, well-rounded personality than to his views.
But she was modest and graceful, not nearly raffish enough to qualify as a character.
Still there are those who mistake dark clouds for raffish hucksterism.
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