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Definition of raffish adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

raffish

adjective
 
/ˈræfɪʃ/
 
/ˈræfɪʃ/
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  1. (of somebody’s behaviour, clothes, etc.) not very acceptable according to some social standards, but interesting and attractive
    • He had a cosmopolitan, slightly raffish air.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from riff-raff + -ish.
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