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The answer RAKEHELL has 8 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of rakehell in various dictionaries:
noun - a dissolute man in fashionable society
A dissolute person; a rake.
noun - a man lacking in moral restraint
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| Libertine |
| Profligate or dissolute person |
| Utterly debauched person |
| So thin he'll rip |
| Term for a debauchee, shortened in a Hogarth work |
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| A dissolute person a rake. |
| a fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits. |
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In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to "hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanising. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Comparable terms are "libertine" and "debauchee". * The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (16601688) at the court of Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry Gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the Earl of Rochester; George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy.After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of the rake took a dive into squal |