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 ...

13 апр. 2021 г. · "hasty, rash, headstrong," which is probably from raken "to go, proceed," from Old English racian "to go forward, move, hasten," a word of ...

1540–50; alteration by folk etymology ( rake, hell ) of Middle English rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to rake ); compare Old Norse reikall ...

OED's earliest evidence for rakehell is from before 1547, in the writing of Earl of Surrey, poet and soldier. rakehell is formed within English, by conversion.

a resort popular with wealthy rakehells. Word History First Known Use circa 1560, in the meaning defined above.

1540–50; alteration by folk etymology, etymological (see rake1, hell) of Middle English rakel (adjective, adjectival) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to ...

[1540–50; alter. by folk etym. ( see rake1, hell) of ME rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to rake4); cf. ON reikall wandering, unsettled] ...

An immoral or dissolute man. [Possibly by folk etymology from obsolete rackle, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, perhaps from ...

noun: A licentious or immoral person. ETYMOLOGY: By folk etymology from Middle English rakel (rash, hasty). Earliest documented use: 1547.

a dissolute man in fashionable society. synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rip, roue. see moresee less. type of: debauchee, libertine, rounder.