riffraffishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

riffraffish (comparative more riffraffish, superlative most riffraffish)

1. (informal, somewhat derogatory, ironic or sarcastic) Resembling or characteristic of riffraff.

   Synonym: riff-raffy

   • 2009, Tess Mallory, Highland Rebel‎, Penguin, →ISBN:

     What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish.

   • 2018, John Strausbaugh, Victory City […] ‎, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Over the next few years the quiet, bespectacled composer and the riffraffish writer collaborated on Mahagonny and Threepenny Opera before falling out with each other.