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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.

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Definitions of raffish from WordNet

raffish (adj.)
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners;
Synonyms: dapper / dashing / jaunty / natty / rakish / spiffy / snappy / spruce
raffish (adj.)
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore;
Synonyms: devil-may-care / rakish
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