different between licentious vs rakish

English

Alternative forms

• licentuous (misconstruction)

Etymology

Latin licenti?sus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la?.?s?n.??s/

Adjective

licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)

1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
2. Disregarding accepted rules.

Derived terms

• licentiousness

Related terms

• license

Translations

See also

• incontinent

English

Etymology

rake (“man habituated to immoral conduct”) +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?k??/

Adjective

rakish (comparative more rakish, superlative most rakish)

1. Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
   • 2007, Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007

     the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood."

2. (dated) Like a rake; dissolute; profligate.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:

     The door was open, and the hall was blocked up by a grand piano, a harp, and several other musical instruments in cases, all in progress of removal, and all looking rakish in the daylight.

Translations

Anagrams

• Harkis, Kishar, Sakhir, Shakir, Shirak, rakhis, shikar, shikra