/rayk"hel'/ , n.
1. a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
adj.
2. Also, rakehelly /rayk"hel'ee/ . dissolute; profligate.
[ 1540-50; alter. by folk etym. (see RAKE 1 , HELL) of ME rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to RAKE 4 ); cf. ON reikall wandering, unsettled ]