raff·ish

[raf-ish]
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.

Origin:
1795–1805; raff + -ish1

raff·ish·ly, adverb
raff·ish·ness, noun
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raffish (ˈræfɪʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  careless or unconventional in dress, manners, etc; rakish
2.  tawdry; flashy; vulgar
 
[C19: see raff]
 
'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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