Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rakeshame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rake-shame
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An objectionable person.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] if such divine ministeries as these, wherein the angel of the church represents the person of Christ Jesus, must lie prostitute to sordid fees, and not pass to and fro between our Saviour, that of free grace redeemed us, and the submissive penitent, without the truckage of perishing coin, and the butcherly execution of tormentors, rooks, and rakeshames sold to lucre ; then have the Babylonish merchants of souls just excuse."

Etymology

Compare rakehell, ragabash.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

rakeshames (plural)

Questions

What does rakeshame mean?: An objectionable person.
Where does rakeshame come from?: Compare rakehell, ragabash.

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