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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;
- Example: "a dapper young man"
- Example: "a jaunty red hat"
[syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]

2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
- Example: "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore
[syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a.
   Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
   [1913 Webster]

         The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a. (Naut.)
   Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
   --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rakish
    adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
           young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
           jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
           snappy, spruce]
    2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
       "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary
       Moore [syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]