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rakish

English

Etymology

rake (man habituated to immoral conduct) +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?k??/

Adjective

rakish (comparative more rakish, superlative most rakish)

  1. Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
    • 2007, Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007
      the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood."
  2. (dated) Like a rake; dissolute; profligate.
    • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:
      The door was open, and the hall was blocked up by a grand piano, a harp, and several other musical instruments in cases, all in progress of removal, and all looking rakish in the daylight.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Harkis, Kishar, Sakhir, Shakir, Shirak, rakhis, shikar, shikra

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rakis

English

Noun

rakis

  1. plural of raki

Anagrams

  • Krisa, Sikar, kisra, krais, raiks, raksi

Estonian

Noun

rakis

  1. inessive singular of rakk ('parrel'; 'small dog')

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