rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rakehell (comparative more rakehell, superlative most rakehell)
(archaic) Immoral; dissolute. [from 16th c.]
• rakehelly
rakehell (plural rakehells)
(archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. [from 16th c.]
• 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
26 November 2024
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