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Meaning of "rakehell" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAKEHELL

From rake1 + hell; but compare Middle English rakel rash.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RAKEHELL

rakehell  [ˈreɪkˌhɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAKEHELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rakehell can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RAKEHELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rakehell

Rake (character)

A rake, short for rakehell, is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanising. Often a rake was also prodigal who wasted his fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process. Comparable terms are "libertine" and "debauchee". The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period at the court of Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the Earl of Rochester; George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy. After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of the rake took a dive into squalor. The rake became the butt of moralistic tales in which his typical fate was debtor's prison, venereal disease, or, in the case of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress, insanity in Bedlam.

Definition of rakehell in the English dictionary

The definition of rakehell in the dictionary is a dissolute man; rake. Other definition of rakehell is profligate; dissolute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAKEHELL


Hel
hɛl
hell
hɛl
isohel
ˈaɪsəʊˌhɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAKEHELL

rake
rake in
rake up
rake-off
raked
rakee
rakehelly
raker
rakery
rakeshame
raki
raking
rakish
rakishly
rakishness
rakshasa
raku

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAKEHELL

as hell
bandshell
blonde bombshell
bodyshell
bombshell
clamshell
eggshell
from hell
hard-shell
in a nutshell
like a bat out of hell
like hell
Mitchell
nutshell
scallop shell
seashell
shell
soft-shell
the hell
tortoiseshell

Synonyms and antonyms of rakehell in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rakehell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAKEHELL

Find out the translation of rakehell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rakehell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rakehell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

rakehell
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

libertino
570 millions of speakers

English

rakehell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rakehell
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

rakehell
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rakehell
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rakehell
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rakehell
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rakehell
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakehell
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rakehell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rakehell
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rakehell
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rakehell
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

rakehell
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rakehell
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राकहल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rakehell
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rakehell
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rakehell
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rakehell
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rakehell
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rakehell
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

rakehell
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

rakehell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rakehell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rakehell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAKEHELL»

The term «rakehell» is normally little used and occupies the 135.460 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAKEHELL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rakehell» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rakehell» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rakehell

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAKEHELL»

Discover the use of rakehell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rakehell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Memoirs of a Young Rakehell
'Memoirs of a Young Rakehell', describing the sexual awakening of a young man over the course of a summer at his family's chateau, was written by the surrealist poet Guillaume Apollinaire while he was curator of forbidden books at the ...
Guillaume Apollinaire, 2007
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Lord Rakehell
But Lord Hamilton’s rakish ways are notorious for a reason, and convincing him to love only her will be an incredible—albeit rewarding—challenge.... MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES OF VIRGINIA HENLEY’S NOVELS IN PRINT
Virginia Henley, 2013
3
The righteous rakehell
Planning a marriage of convenience that will allow him to continue the life of a libertine, Justin Avery is nonetheless won over by his bride-to-be, Lady Catherine Talbot
Gayle Buck, 1988
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Rakehell
Lady Primrose Black has a dilemma.
Debra Glass, 2013
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The Rakehell Dynasty
Convinced that the future of his family's shipping business depends on the use of a new, faster type of ship, the clipper, Jonathan Rakehell builds one and tests it with a trip to China
Michael William Scott, 1983
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Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell
Amorous. Exploits. Of. A. Young. Rakehell. CHAPTER. ONE. SUMMER WAS BACK AGAIN; my mother had returned to the country, to the estate which we had acquired only recently. My father, engrossed inhis business, had remainedinthecity.
Guillaume Apollinaire, 1953
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Captain Rakehell
"A rousing Regency romantic romp" Harriet Klausner, The Best Reviews; "There is something going on every minute in this lighthearted romp" Virginia DeWeese, Rendezvous
Lynn Michaels, 2006
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The Rakehell's Reform
A notorious rake with a reputation for conquest over naive young women and a lady with family money but no station begin a game of cat-and-mouse in which each tries to outmaneuver the other for what they want. Original.
Elisabeth Fairchild, 1997
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Rakehell's Widow
Tahnee Sawyer doesn't want to be in Barbados, but her step-mother has been kidnapped, and with her father undergoing a life-threatening operation, it's up to her to deal with it all.
Sandra Wilson, 2009
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Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge
So, the recuperation represented in the rakehell's expressive interpretation of his shame depends on his endorsing the judgment of shamefulness, being committed to it, and this ladder cannot be kicked away once he reaches the conclusion ...
Richard Moran, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAKEHELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rakehell is used in the context of the following news items.
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Callie Hutton on romance series: To read or not to read?
Did he really reform his rakehell ways? Did she actually continue the work she found so satisfying that the hero conceded at the end she could continue? «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
From Court to Battle to Bar, Bracingly
He's fresh from the playwright's pair of Henry IVs, which portray him as a rakehell palling around with the dissolute Falstaff. As played by Ryan Winkles, in his ... «Metroland, Jul 15»
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Sherlock Holmes' legacy explored by Portland writer and superfan
When's the last time you saw a 21st-century writer use the words rakehell, simulacrum, or gasogene? My only real grievance with "The Great Detective" is that it ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
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Broken Hearts, Hannah Johnson & the Broken Hearts, Lucy Orme
... on the London/European DJ and Burlesque scene and are regular DJs at club nights such as Stunners International, Rakehell's Revels and the Café de Paris. «Spoonfed, May 15»
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Kingsley Amis: 45 ways of being annoying
“Feeling a tremendous rakehell, and not liking myself for it, and feeling rather a good chap for not liking myself much for it, and not liking myself at all for feeling ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Paxman lends voice to John Wilkes bronze in talking statues project
... the monologue for the 18th century parliamentarian, advocate of free speech and political liberty, and rakehell, John Wilkes. "The establishment didn't like me, ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
7
Henry IV, Parts I & II
Henry Clarke is an outstanding Hal, convincing as both rakehell and prince but bringing sonorous dignity to his character by the simple expedient of honoring ... «Metroland, Aug 14»
8
E. E. Cummings: A Life
Yet, also, a lot of love, for children, rural New England, and, quaintly, blue jays, with their rakehell personalities (Cummings and Pound had heated blue jay ... «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 14»
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Greg Kinnear plays ladies' man, lawyer in 'Rake'
It refers to another meaning of the word — this one from the Middle English “rakehell” — and generally means a fashionable or wealthy man of dissolute or ... «Los Angeles Daily News, Jan 14»
10
Relax with a new romance novel before the holiday crush
Lord Rakehell by Virginia Henley. Lord James Hamilton, heir to the Duke of Abercorn and newly appointed attendant to the young Prince of Wales, is in no rush ... «USA TODAY, Nov 13»

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