/rooh ay", rooh"ay/ , n.
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
[ 1790-1800; rouer to break on the wheel (deriv. of roue wheel rota ); name first applied to the profligate companions of the Duc d'Orléans (c1720) ]
Syn . profligate, libertine, lecher, cad, bounder, rakehell.