different between unchaste vs rakish

English

Etymology

From Middle English unchaste, unchaast, unchast, equivalent to un- +? chaste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?e?st/
• Homophone: unchased
• Rhymes: -e?st

Adjective

unchaste (comparative more unchaste, superlative most unchaste)

1. Not chaste; not continent

   Synonyms: libidinous, lewd

Derived terms

• unchastely
• unchasteness
• unchastity

Translations

References

• unchaste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Cauthens, nautches

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