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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Rakish:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abandoned, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, chic, chichi, dandy, dapper, daring, dashing, debauched, debonair, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic, fashionable, fast, flashing, flashy, flaunting, foppish, free, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glittering, jaunty, jazzy, licentious, profligate, raffish, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, showy, smart, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, unbridled, wild

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