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rakish
What does rakish mean?
rakish (adjective): dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce rakish?
/ˈɹeɪkɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rakish come from?
From rake (“man habituated to immoral conduct”) + -ish.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “rakish” mean?
characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure
Not quite: that's what ascetic means.
of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged
Not quite: that's what choleric means.
originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment
Not quite: that's what extraterrestrial means.
dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality
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