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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rakehood en · NOUN

Etymology

From rake + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) immoral behaviour
    • Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible. 1971, George Cockcroft aka Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man:

Synonyms

knavery · profligacy · carrying-on · rakehood · knavery · Corinthianism · vice