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A dissolute person; a rake.

[Possibly by folk etymology from obsolete rackle, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, perhaps from raken, to go.]

rakehell [ˈreɪkˌhɛl] Archaic

a dissolute man; rake

adj also rakehelly

profligate; dissolute

[from rake¹ + hell; but compare Middle English rakel rash]

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Noun

rakehell - a dissolute man in fashionable society

profligate, rake, rip, roue, blood

debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

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rakehell (redirected from Rake (character))

rakehell
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