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rak⋅ish

1  [rey-kish]
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–adjective
like a rake; dissolute: rakish behavior.
Origin:
1700–10; rake 2 + -ish 1

Related forms:
rak⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
rak⋅ish⋅ness, noun

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; rake 3 + -ish 1

Synonyms:
1. sporting, dapper, debonair, breezy.
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rak·ish 1   (rā'kĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Nautical Having a trim, streamlined appearance: "We were schooner-rigged and rakish, with a long and lissome hull" (John Masefield).

  2. Dashingly or sportingly stylish; jaunty.


[Probably from rake3 (from the raking masts of pirate ships).]
rak·ish 2   (rā'kĭsh)   
adj.  Of the character of a rake; dissolute.
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