rakish-lookingadj.1
/ˈreɪkɪʃˌlʊkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪkɪʃˌlʊkɪŋ/ Rakish in appearance. See rakish adj.1
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] > raffish
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1779 Sketches from Nature 31 The painter..has made Paris an emaciated rakish-looking debauchee.
1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. i. 11 He wore a rakish-looking fur cap, round and tight on the top of his head.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 322 In a few minutes, a rakish-looking stable-boy came round for his horse.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love ix. 126 Rakish-looking, unattractive louts they were. Yet she must be among them.
1965 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 June 2/5 One nun wore rakish-looking glasses to match her modern head dress.
2007 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Jan. c1 There in the lower left corner is a thinner, more rakish-looking Vikram Chandra, sporting a dark beard and mustache.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rakish-lookingadj.2
/ˈreɪkɪʃˌlʊkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪkɪʃˌlʊkɪŋ/ = rakish adj.2
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > specific character or appearance
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1830 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 2 Jan. The brig was a very rakish looking vessel, with black sides, and apparently a green boot-top.
1838 E. A. Poe Narr. A. G. Pym in Wks. (1902) III. 146 She was a long, low, and rakish-looking topsail schooner.
1868 G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose II. xi. 138 They found..that the beautiful, rakish-looking schooner was averse to piracy.
1938 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 11 Nov. 11/8 The longest, most expensive and rakish-looking vehicle in town.
1945 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 16 Feb. 1/2 The Russians are using a new rakish-looking tank called the Pike.
1990 Times (Nexis) 23 June Such rakish-looking craft could not hope to attain modern standards of safety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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