Frank Mundus
Scourge of the deep, many knew him as the rakish Captain Quint
Sep 25th 2008
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: marked by smartness in dress and manners
Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
Synonyms: devil-may-care, raffish
London's Tawdry Tabloids Turn Upmarket
(By Karla Adam, The Washington Post)
LONDON — Any writer who has struggled to “do the words” would take heart from the self-effacing assessment written for himself by Ian Fleming, the raffish Englishman born 100 years ago this month who became one of the most successful authors of his time through the creation of the world’s best-loved spy, James Bond.
self-effacing
adjective
not making yourself noticeable; not trying to get the attention of other people; modest:
The captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's successes, giving credit to the other players.
raffish
adjective
not following usual social standards of behaviour or appearance, especially in a careless and attractive way:
He has a certain raffish elegance.
adj. ━━ a. 品のない, けばけばしい; やくざ風の.
- Cheaply or showily vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry.
- Characterized by a carefree or fun-loving unconventionality; rakish.
[Probably from dialectal raff, rubbish, from Middle English raf, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
raffishly raff'ish·ly adv.raffishness raff'ish·ness n.
raffishness
noun [U]
tawdry Show phonetics
adjective
looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality
tawdriness Show phonetics
noun [U]
tabloid Show phonetics
noun [C], adjective
a type of popular newspaper with small pages which has many pictures and short simple reports:
the tabloid press
a tabloid newspaper
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