RAKISH
\ɹˈakɪʃ], \ɹˈakɪʃ], \ɹ_ˈa_k_ɪ_ʃ]\
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Intemperate; unrestrained; also, showy or dashing; nautically, showing speed by having the masts greatly inclined; as, a rakish yacht.
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Rakishly.
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Rakishness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Rakishness.
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Having the masts unusually inclined; as, a rakish vessel.
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Dissolute; profligate; jaunty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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