#rakeshame

[monriatitans]

WORD OF THE DAY Sunday, February 13, 2022 OED Word of the Day: rakeshame, n. A disreputable or dissolute person; a rogue.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE "When he first came to work for your family, I thought he was the worst rakeshame I ever saw." - 1995, L. Blackwell Like River Glorious iv. 81

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[the-lexicographer]

Word of the Day

Rakeshame, n. /rākǝ-shām/ - One who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow.

        Source: The Oxford Universal Dictionary, 1933

[amixavier-blog]

Bulimy, Evite, Rakeshame, Yete

I picked a few more words at random to place as a continuation to the Reliquary of Rediscovered Words.

Bulimy - A pathological hunger most commonly seen in mentally deranged persons.

Evite - A female wearing few clothes.

Rakeshame - A dissolute person. (A person lax in morals)

Yete - To confess.

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