riffraffish

English

Etymology

From riffraff +‎ -ish.

Adjective

riffraffish (comparative more riffraffish, superlative most riffraffish)

  1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) Resembling or characteristic of riffraff.
    Synonym: riff-raffy
    • 2009, Tess Mallory, Highland Rebel‎[1], 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 […] ‎[2], 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.
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