eɪ noun
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
Origin:
1790–1800; < French, noun use of past participle of rouer to break on the wheel (derivative of roue wheel ≪ Latin rota); name first applied to the profligate companions of the Duc d'Orléans (c1720)
1790–1800; < French, noun use of past participle of rouer to break on the wheel (derivative of roue wheel ≪ Latin rota); name first applied to the profligate companions of the Duc d'Orléans (c1720)
Synonyms
profligate, libertine, lecher, cad, bounder, rakehell.
profligate, libertine, lecher, cad, bounder, rakehell.
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| —n | |
| a debauched or lecherous man; rake | |
| [C19: from French, literally: one broken on the wheel, from rouer, from Latin rotāre to revolve, from rota a wheel; with reference to the fate deserved by a debauchee] | |
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