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The quality of a rake
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rakishness
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being rakish.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rakishness \Rak"ish*ness\, n. The quality or state of being rakish.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of a rake stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance [syn: jauntiness , nattiness , dapperness ]
Usage examples of rakishness.
His appearance, after visiting Mrs. Smallweed with one of these admonitions, is particularly impressive and not wholly prepossessing, firstly because the exertion generally twists his black skull-cap over one eye and gives him an air of goblin rakishness, secondly because he mutters violent imprecations against Mrs.
To convince ourselves of this, we do not need to recall the effect of Werther, of Childe Harold, and of Don Juan, and the imitation of their sentimentality, misanthropy, and adventure, down to the copying of the rakishness of the loosely-knotted necktie and the broad turn-over collar.