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Definition of Rakehell
1. Noun. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
Generic synonyms: Debauchee, Libertine, Rounder
Derivative terms: Profligate
Definition of Rakehell
1. n. A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.
2. a. Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.
Definition of Rakehell
1. Adjective. (obsolete) dissolute ¹
2. Noun. A lewd or wanton person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rakehell
1. a man lacking in moral restraint [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rakehell
Literary usage of Rakehell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"A rakehell of the town ... is rewarded with л lady of great fortune to repair
his own. 1740. SHENSTONE, Epil, to Cleone. Women hid their necks, ..."
2. "My Merry Rockhurst": Being Some Episodes Inn the Life of Viscount Rockhurst by Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle (1907)
"rakehell Rockhurst — rakehell! And I smote Lionel Ratcliffe on the mouth for
daring to ... rakehell — aye, I may have had black perdition in my heart many a ..."
3. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"rakehell is probably a corruption of the French ... And f;ir away amid their
rakehell bands They spied a lady left all ..."
4. The Works of Edmund Spenser by Edmund Spenser (1862)
"amid their rakehell bands.~\ A very common epithet to indicate the ... The connection
between a " rakehell" and a ..."
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