raffish
pronunciation
How to pronounce raffish in British English:
UK [ˈræfɪʃ]
How to pronounce raffish in American English:
US [ˈræfɪʃ]
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- Adjective:
- marked by smartness in dress and manners
- marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
Word Origin
- raffish
- raffish: see raft
- raffish (adj.)
- "disreputable, vulgar," 1795, from raff "people," usually of a lower sort (1670s), probably from rif and raf (mid-14c.) "everyone," from Middle English raf, raffe "one and all, everybody" (see riffraff). Related: Raffishly; raffishness.
Example
- 1. He the most important characteristic loaf , raffish .
- 2. He was drinking cheap champagne with a raffish air .
- 3. He was drinking cheap champagne with a raffish .
- 4. He has a certain raffish elegance .
- 5. They were a mixed and rather raffish lot .