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raffish(dictionary)

raffish (iou)



raffish adjective. E19.
[from RAFF noun1 + -ISH1.]
Vulgar, tawdry; disreputable, esp. attractively disreputable in appearance or behaviour; rakish.
Spectator A certain raffish elegance. A. T. Ellis A horse doctor, raffish and loud. J. Gathorne-Hardy A fairly raffish past with three husbands.
raffishly adverb L19.
raffishness noun M19.