- rakehelly
- adjective see rakehell
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rakehelly
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Rakehelly — Rakehell Rake hell , Rakehelly Rake hell y (r[=a]k h[e^]l [y^]), a. Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rakehelly — rake·helly … English syllables
rakehelly — adjective see rakehell I … Useful english dictionary
Rakehell — Rake hell , Rakehelly Rake hell y (r[=a]k h[e^]l [y^]), a. Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rakehell — noun Date: 1554 libertine 2 • rakehell or rakehelly adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
A. R. D. Fairburn — Arthur Rex Dugard (Rex) Fairburn (2 February 1904 – 25 March 1957) was a New Zealand poet who was born and died in Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School, where he first met R. A. K. Mason, and worked at various jobs, including relief work … Wikipedia
rakehell — /rayk hel /, n. 1. a licentious or dissolute man; rake. adj. 2. Also, rakehelly /rayk hel ee/. dissolute; profligate. [1540 50; alter. by folk etym. (see RAKE1, HELL) of ME rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to RAKE4); cf. ON reikall… … Universalium
abandoned — Synonyms and related words: a bit much, abjured, afire, amok, antiquated, antique, archaic, ardent, available, bellowing, berserk, boundless, burning, carried away, cast off, castaway, ceded, committed, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, debased,… … Moby Thesaurus
debauched — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted, debased, decadent, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, fast, free, free living, gallant, gay, high living, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine,… … Moby Thesaurus
dissipated — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belittled, broadcast, burnt up, by the board, consumed, contracted, curtailed, debauched, decreased, deflated, depleted, diffuse, diminished, discrete, dispersed, dispread … Moby Thesaurus
