RAKEHELL

rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue

(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

rakehell (comparative more rakehell, superlative most rakehell)

(archaic) Immoral; dissolute. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

• rakehelly

Noun

rakehell (plural rakehells)

(archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• hell-rake

Source: Wiktionary


Rake"hell`, n. Etym: [See Rakel.]

Definition: A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together. Barrow.

Rake"hell`, Rake"hell`y, a.

Definition: Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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