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单词 rakehelly
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rakehellyadj.n.

Brit. /ˈreɪkhɛli/, U.S. /ˈreɪkˌ(h)ɛli/
Forms: see rakehell adj. and n. and -y suffix1. See also rakelly adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rakehell n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < rakehell n. + -y suffix1. Compare earlier rakehell adj., and also rakelly adj.
Now archaic.
A. adj.
1. Of a person: having the character, appearance, or manner of a rakehell.
ΘΚΠ
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
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. The rakehellye route of our ragged rymers.
1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland ii These rakehelly horseboyes, growinge up in knavery and villainy.
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. i. 27 I am a Rakehelly Rascal not worth a Groat.
a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) IV. 103 Her ladyship has the misfortune of having a rakehelly young fellow to her son.
1789 R. Burns Let. 2 Apr. (1985) I. 390 Like the doting mother of a parcel of rakehelly Prodigals.
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 439 They were..repulsive in appearance—rakehelly, slovenly in dress.
1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? ii. ii He..looked altogether as devil-me-care, rakehelly, handsome, good-for-nought as ever swore at a drawer.
1952 P. Larkin Let. 27 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 179 I don't believe that such a rakehelly character would get into such a detailed sweat about one or two girls.
1986 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 17 Aug. 20 The other fine performance is from Kevin Spacey as the wastrel, rakehelly elder son.
2. Of a thing: of, relating to, or characteristic of a rakehell.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, life, etc.
riotous1389
rakehella1547
rakehelly1594
wild oat1676
orgiastic1698
rakish1704
rakehellish1764
rackety1787
fast-going1856
orgiasticala1871
1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings 13 Reuiling..his mother and me with such rakehelly words & hellish oathes.
1692 tr. B. Jonson Leges Convivales in Wks. sig. Bbbbb6v Breaking of windows,..And spoiling the goods for a rakehelly prank.
1825 J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. iv. 89 They needn't think to frighten the people with their rake-helly noises.
1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge vii Those dissipated, not to say rakehelly countenances.
1939 Rev. Eng. Stud. 15 429 Dozens of satires were launched yearly at Byron by contemporaries envious of his literary success or morally shocked by his rakehelly adventures.
1998 C. Jungnickel & R. MacCormmach Cavendish (rev. ed.) i. ii. 48 Known for his rakehelly living, the prince would have had little in common temperamentally with his studious gentleman of the bedchamber.
B. n.
A dissolute or immoral person; = rakehell n. 2. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > dissolute person > [noun]
unthriftc1330
castaway1526
degenerate1555
rakehellc1560
ruffian1560
reprobate1592
rakeshame1598
wag-wanton1601
pavement-beater1611
perdu1611
wantoner1665
profligate1679
rantipole1699
rakehellyc1768
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] > person
unthriftc1330
riotor1389
rioterc1440
palliard1484
skyrgalliarda1529
rakehellc1560
ranger1560
rakeshame1598
dissolute1608
pavement-beater1611
rakell1622
ranter1652
huzza1660
whorehopper1664
profligate1679
rakehellonian1692
rake1693
buck1725
blood1749
gay blade1750
have-at-alla1761
rakehellyc1768
hell-rake?1774
randan1779
rip1781
roué1781
hell-raker1816
tiger1827
raver1960
dog1994
c1768 Lady M. W. Montagu Poet. Wks. 235 No pedant, yet learned; no rake-helly gay.
1825 J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln I. xvi. 253 Let the rake-hellies go up to Breed's; the people will teach 'em the law!
1857 C. E. Stewart Oliver Cromwell I. x. 130 Gideon, though he had been..somewhat of a rake-helly..had not therefore become a sour fanatic.
1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell xv. 147 Go call the patrol! I'll keep these petty rakehellies here till they come.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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