different between unbridled vs rakehell

English

Etymology

un- +? bridled

Adjective

unbridled (comparative more unbridled, superlative most unbridled)

1. Not fitted with a bridle.

2. (by extension) Without restraint or limit.

   • The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]

Translations

Verb

unbridled

1. simple past tense of unbridle

English

Alternative forms

• rake-hell

Etymology

From to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”). Compare rakeshame.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??e?kh?l/

Adjective

rakehell (comparative more rakehell, superlative most rakehell)

1. (archaic) Immoral; dissolute. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:

     And farre away, amid their rakehell bands, / They spide a Lady left all succourlesse […].

Synonyms

• rakehelly

Noun

rakehell (plural rakehells)

1. (archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. [from 16th c.]
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Industry in General (sermon)

     It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together.

References

Anagrams

• hell-rake