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rakish

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rak·ish

1[rey-kish]
adjective
like a rake; dissolute: rakish behavior.

Origin:
1700–10; rake2 + -ish1

rak·ish·ly, adverb
rak·ish·ness, noun

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Example Sentences
  • But the dance connotes a debonair flamboyance, a certain rakish style.
  • Let the rakish trattorias around town get all the fashion plates and media mentions.
  • No slant, no rakish angle, no attempt to show one side of the head more than the other.
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rak·ish

2[rey-kish]
adjective
1.
smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
2.
(of a vessel) having an appearance suggesting speed.

Origin:
1815–25; rake3 + -ish1


1. sporting, dapper, debonair, breezy.

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rakish1 (ˈreɪkɪʃ)
 
adj
dissolute; profligate
 
[C18: from rake² + -ish]
 
'rakishly1
 
adv
 
'rakishness1
 
n

rakish2 (ˈreɪkɪʃ)
 
adj
1.  dashing; jaunty: a hat set at a rakish angle
2.  nautical (of a ship or boat) having lines suggestive of speed
 
[C19: probably from rake³ (sense 1), with reference to the sloping masts of pirate ships]

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