[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rakish \rak"ish\ r=ak"i^sh, a.
   dissolute; lewd; debauched.
   1913 webster

         the arduous task of converting a rakish lover.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rakish \rak"ish\ r=ak"i^sh, a. naut.
   having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
   --ham. nav. encyc.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rakish
     adj 1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
            man"; "a jaunty red hat" syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty,
             natty, raffish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
     2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
        "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"-
        crary moore syn: devil-may-care, raffish
see also:
dapper dashing jaunty natty raffish smart 
spiffy snappy spruce devil-may-care 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

48 moby thesaurus words for "rakish":
   abandoned, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, chic, chichi, dandy,
   dapper, daring, dashing, debauched, debonair, devil-may-care,
   dissipated, dissolute, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic,
   fashionable, fast, flashing, flashy, flaunting, foppish, free,
   frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glittering, jaunty, jazzy,
   licentious, profligate, raffish, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly,
   showy, smart, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, unbridled,
   wild

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