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Raffish

//ˈɹæfɪʃ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.

    "Billie Eilish wants you to know she is in charge, brash and self-assured enough to scrap the raffish image that helped garner her a world of fans in favor of something a little more … adult."

  2. 2
    Low-class; disreputable; vulgar.

    "I had met the man before this in the village, and detested him on sight; there was something indescribably raffish in his looks and ways that raised my gorge; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners wordnet

Etymology

From late 18th century raff (“persons among the lowest class in society”) + -ish, still retained in contemporary English with riffraff. From Old French raffer (“to wear away”), of Germanic origin. Compare German raffen. Compare rip (“to tear”), rap (“to snatch”).

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