raffish

• adj.評判の悪い; 下品な; 悪党

riff-raff、rabble、ruffian、-ish、形容詞接尾辞から。

raffish

raffish: see raft

raffish (adj.)

"disreputable, vulgar," 1795, from raff "people," usually of a lower sort (1670s), probably from rif and raf (mid-14c.) "everyone," from Middle English raf, raffe "one and all, everybody" (see riffraff). Related: Raffishly; raffishness.

1. He was handsome in a raffish kind of way.

彼のハンサムは放蕩なハンサムだ。

2.The theatre 's raffish auditorium recalls an earliera.

劇場の俗っぽい客席は、昔の時代を思い出させる。

3.He was drinking cheap champagne with a raffish air.

彼は安いシャンパンを飲んでいて、とても放蕩している。

4.Why let all the people dream of having such a don 't catch mice， raffish cat？

なぜ各国の人々は、ネズミを捕まえず、正業をしない猫を夢見ているのだろうか。