rakeshame Now rare (? U.S.).
(ˈreɪkʃeɪm)
[f. rake v.1 + shame n.; perh. suggested by rake-hell.]
One who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow. (Common in 17th c.)
| 1599 Broughton's Lett. v. 15 It is an easie matter for euery rakeshame to reuile an innocent. 1621 Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 446 Such roysters and rake-shames as Mars is manned with. 1682 A. Behn City Heiress 39 Marry you! a Rakeshame..without Money or Credit. 1718 Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. I. 353 The Caimacan..gave strangers a permission to defend themselves against these disorderly Rake-shames. c 1840 Whittier Tales & Sk., Dr. Singletary vi, There's not a more drunken, swearing rakeshame in town than Tom Osborne. |
Hence † ˈrake-shamed a., disreputable, disgraceful. Obs.
| 1635 Long Meg of Westminster (1816) 6 Away, you foule rake-sham'd whore, quoth he. 1662–3 Pepys Diary 21 Feb., These fellows, which are called the commissioners, but are the most rake-shamed rogues that ever I saw in my life. |