RAKE, RAKISH
ADJECTIVES
► BLOOD hearty, rakish → M19 sl.
► RACKISH rakish → 1712 Sc.
► RANNAKY rakishly inclined → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANTIPOLE wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough → 1700
► TORY-RORY engaged in or given to noisy, boisterous, or unruly revelling; rakish; roguish → 1678 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOOD a rake; a roisterer; an aristocratic rowdy → M16 sl.
► COURTING MAN a womanizer, a rake → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► RACK a dissolute, unprincipled young man; a rake; a wag → 1724 Sc.
► RANGER a rake, a dissolute or debauched person → 1599 obs.
► RANTER a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake → 1654 obs.
► TARRON a scamp, a rake → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WILD OATS originally a term for a rakish, dissipated, or extravagant person → a1564 obs.
► YOUNG BLOOD a lively, vigorous, or energetic young man; a confident, high-spirited young man; a rake, a dandy; an unruly young aristocrat → 1557
VERBS
► COME UPON THE RAKE to live in a rakish or dissolute manner → 18C sl.
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