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单词 hell-raking
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hell-rakingadj.

Brit. /ˈhɛlˌreɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛlˌreɪkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., raking adj.2
Etymology: < hell n. + raking adj.2, after to rake hell at rake v.2 Phrases 1. Compare earlier rakehell adj., rakehelly adj. Compare later (in slightly different sense) hell-rake v.
Wild, dissolute; rakehelly, hell-raising.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective]
wild13..
desolatec1386
unthrifty1388
riotousc1405
resolute?a1475
palliard1484
dissolutea1513
royetous1526
sluttishc1555
rakehell1556
dissolutious1560
rakehelly1579
hell-raking1593
sportive1597
low1599
lavish1600
rakellyc1600
profligate1627
profligated1652
rantipole1660
abandoned1690
raking1696
rakish1696
dissipated1744
dissipating1818
outward1875
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 77 No Smithfield ruffianly Swashbuckler, will come of with such harshe hell-raking othes as they.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 20 Whose Hell-raking, Nature-shaking Spell.
1828 W. Scott Chron. Canongate 2nd ser. I. v. 118 I am not to have the risk of my booth being broken, and my house plundered, by the hell-raking followers of the nobles.
1960 Spectator 17 June 870 Chatter nostalgically but amusingly about the hellraking times at Balliol.
2004 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 2 Aug. 19 Captain Robert Berie, one of Tarleton's hell-raking pals in youth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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