raffish (redirected from raffishness)

raff·ish  (rfsh)

adj.

1. Cheaply or showily vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry.

2. Characterized by a carefree or fun-loving unconventionality; rakish.

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[Probably from dialectal raff, rubbish, from Middle English raf, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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raffish·ly adv.

raffish·ness n.

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raffish [ˈræfɪʃ]

adj

1. careless or unconventional in dress, manners, etc.; rakish

2. tawdry; flashy; vulgar

[see raff]

raffishly  adv

raffishness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	raffish - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" jaunty, natty, rakish, dapper, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
	2.	raffish - marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore devil-may-care, rakish unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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raffish

adjective dashing, casual, careless, bohemian, sporty, unconventional, jaunty, disreputable, rakish, devil-may-care He was handsome in a raffish kind of way.

Translations

raffish [ˈræfɪʃ] ADJ → disipado, disoluto

raffish [ˈræfɪʃ] adj (= attractively disreputable) [person] → à l'air canaille

raffish

adj appearance → flott, verwegen; person → flott, verwegen, schnittig; place, behaviour → verwegen, zwielichtig

raffish [ˈræfɪʃ] adj (liter) → dissipato/a

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raffish [ˈræfɪʃ] adj (liter) → dissipato/a