| 单词 | raffish |
| 释义 | raffish (once / 26561 pages) 1adj 2adj Someone raffish is a bit of a scoundrel, carelessly making mischief. Your raffish classmate might constantly play mean practical jokes, always denying responsibility with a charming smile. If you're raffish, you're a "rake" or a "cad." Though you're pretty much bad news, you pull off your dastardly deeds in an attractive manner. Someone with a raffish look is intriguing as well as disreputable. Raffish comes from riff-raff, "generally undesirable people," from the Medieval French rifle et rafle, "stealing from the bodies of the dead on the battlefield." WORD FAMILYraffish: raffishly USAGE EXAMPLESIt hasn’t been dolled up and it still exudes an air of raffish melancholy. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) A raffish and intrepid adventurer, Blood led one of those colorful lives that people who read too much secretly wish could be theirs. Washington Post(Jul 27, 2016) Most fans agree that a raffish spirit is one of Panjiayuan’s most appealing features. New York Times(Jul 21, 2016) 1 adj marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness 2"a cocktail party given by some... raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore Syn devil-may-care, rakish unconventional not conventional or conformist adj marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Syn dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce fashionable, stylish being or in accordance with current social fashions |
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