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RAKEHELL

Definition: RAKEHELL

RAKEHELL

Adjective

1. Alt. of Rakehelly

Noun

1. A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "RAKEHELL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: RAKEHELL

DomainDefinition

Slang in 1811

RAKE, RAKEHELL, or RAKESHAME. A lewd, debauched fellow. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: RAKEHELL

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bad Man

Villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff; wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, basilisk, urchin; tiger, monster; devil; (demon); devil incarnate; demon in human shape, Nana Sahib; hellhound, hellcat; rakehell.

Libertine

Noun: libertine; voluptuary; a; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard; chartered libertine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: RAKEHELL

Specialty definitions using "RAKEHELL": RAKE. (references)
Etymologies containing "RAKEHELL": Rakeshame. (references)

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Commercial Usage: RAKEHELL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Captain Rakehell (Regency Romance) (reference)

  • China Bride: Rakehell Dynasty, Book Two (reference)

  • Mission to Cathay: Rakehell Dynasty No. 4 (reference)

  • Orient Affair: Rakehell Dynasty Three (reference)

  • Rakehell Dynasty: Book 1 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: RAKEHELL

"RAKEHELL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RAKEHELL" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: RAKEHELL

Language Translations for "RAKEHELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

женкар (chaser, dangler, lothario, rake, wolf). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mulatós ember (rake), lump (loose fish, rake, roister-doister, roisterer), korhely (debauchee, guzzler, raffish, rake, sot), kicsapongó ember (loose fish, rake), kéjhajhász, kéjenc (goat, lecher, rake, satyr, sensual, voluptuary, wanton), élvhajhász (goat, lecherous, rake). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

akehellray.(various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

kẻ trác táng (rakehelly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: RAKEHELL

Derivations

Words beginning with "RAKEHELL": rakehells, rakehelly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"RAKEHELL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anketell, Crakehall, rachell, Rakewell, Zakhele. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: RAKEHELL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-k-l-l-r"

-2 letters: healer, heller, leaker.

-3 letters: allee, haler, laker, laree, rakee.

-4 letters: akee, alee, earl, hake, hale, hall, hare, hark, harl, heal, hear, heel, hell, here, herl, kale, keel, lake, lakh, lark, leak, leal, lear, leek, leer, lehr, leke, rake, rale, real, reek, reel, rhea.

-5 letters: ale, all, are, ark, ear, eel, eke, elk, ell, era.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-k-l-l-r"
 

+1 letter: rakehells, rakehelly.

 

+3 letters: leatherlike, leukorrheal, rathskeller.

 

+4 letters: rathskellers, shellcracker.

 

+5 letters: shellcrackers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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