riffraffish

English

Etymology

riffraff +‎ -ish

Adjective

riffraffish (comparative more riffraffish, superlative most riffraffish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of riffraff.
   • 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.