rakish
adj.
dashing, dapper, having a sporty appearance
Rake (character)
A rake is defined as a man habituated to immoral conduct. Rakes are frequently
stock characters in novels. Often a rake is a man who wastes his (usually
inherited) fortune on
wine, women and song, incurring lavish
debts in the process. The rake is also frequently a cad: a man who
seduces a young woman and impregnates her before leaving, often to her social or financial ruin. To call the character a rake calls attention to his promiscuity and wild spending of money; to call the character a cad implies a callous seducer who coldly breaks his victim's heart. An alternative, weaker term is a bounder.
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rakish
Adjective
1. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
(synonym) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(similar) fashionable, stylish
2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore
(synonym) devil-may-care, raffish
(similar) unconventional
Rakish
(a.)
Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
(a.)
Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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rakish
Synonyms and related words:
abandoned, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, chic, chichi, dandy, dapper, daring, dashing, debauched, debonair, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic, fashionable, fast, flashing, flashy, flaunting, foppish, free, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glittering, jaunty, jazzy, licentious, profligate, raffish, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, showy, smart, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, unbridled, wild
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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