Of life, conduct, etc.: extravagant, unrestrained, esp. marked by excessive revelry; wanton, dissolute.

Of a thing: = rakehelly, adj. 2.

Of a thing: of, relating to, or characteristic of a rakehell.

General attributive and objective; also in sense ‘relating to the sowing of wild oats’.

Relating to, characterized by, or of the nature of an orgy or orgies; marked by excitement, extravagance, or licentiousness.

Of a thing: characteristic of or appropriate to a rake; raffish, jaunty, dashing. Of talk, habits, etc.

= rakehelly, adj.

Characterized by or inclined to dissipation; disreputable.

Living in an extravagant, unconventional, or dissipated manner; = fast-living adj. at fast, adv. int.compounds 1b(c). Now archaic.

Of an orgiastic character or tendency.