raffish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
    — Billie Eilish wants you to know she is in charge, brash and self-assured enough to scrap the raffish image that helped garner her a world of fans in favor of something a little more … adult.
  2. Low-class; disreputable; vulgar.
    — I had met the man before this in the village, and detested him on sight; there was something indescribably raffish in his looks and ways that raised my gorge; […]

词形变化

more raffish comparative most raffish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
raffishly raffishness unraffish
相关词
riffraff

词源

From late 18th century raff (“persons among the lowest class in society”) + -ish, still retained in contemporary English with riffraff. From Old French raffer (“to wear away”), of Germanic origin. Compare German raffen. Compare rip (“to tear”), rap (“to snatch”).
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