Associations to the word «Raffish»
Wiktionary
RAFFISH, adjective. Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
RAFFISH, adjective. Low-class; disreputable; vulgar.
Dictionary definition
RAFFISH, adjective. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat".
RAFFISH, adjective. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.