rakishnessn.
/ˈreɪkᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈreɪkɪʃnᵻs/ The quality of being rakish.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun]
ribaldyc1300
riotc1330
ribaldry1389
riotingc1390
riotry?a1400
wildnessc1400
arrioutc1410
ramageness1440
ribaldise?c1450
unthriftinessc1450
ramagec1485
riotousness?1535
royet1542
dissoluteness1549
ruffianing1549
riotness1553
wildernessa1616
debauchery1642
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
rakishness1737
rakism1777
profligation1805
rouéism1828
1737 J. Hewitt Tutor for Beaus ii. 18 A little Rakishness becomes Youth, Madam.
1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor II. vi. 83 The philosophy of Miss Eliza, on the subjects of love and rakishness, was exhaustless.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 61 On the stupid rakishness of the original heir..he had calculated rashly.
1878 H. Irving Stage 25 These pieces..inoculate the feminine mind with rakishness.
1935 O. Sitwell & M. Barton Brighton iv. 57 A faint atmosphere of rakishness..not altogether destined to be dispelled by the arrival here..of the Prince of Wales.
1963 R. G. Saisselin Style, Truth, & Portrait 20 Wit gave way to sensibility, rakishness to virtue.
2005 P. D. James Lighthouse ii. ii. 94 A black wide-brimmed trilby worn with a certain rakishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- for wood
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