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raffish
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See: blatant, caitiff, ignoble, obtrusive


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And another element to him which perhaps should not go unmentioned is his raffishness, if you like, his air of disreputability.
One plausible possibility is her realization by the late 1790s, whilst still writing Lady Susan, that the Augustan verve shown in her earlier work and in this novel was no longer an admirable, desired quality when publication was the objective: raffishness was out of favour, and morality--especially as that concerned the moral behavior of young ladies--was steadily gaining ground.
 
 
 
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