rasquache

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish rascuache (“poor, coarse or vulgar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɑ skwɔː t͡ʃe/

Adjective

rasquache (comparative more rasquache, superlative most rasquache)

1. (US) Having or relating to a do-it-yourself attitude in Chicano culture; able to make something from nothing, or make do with the resources at hand.

Further reading

• rasquache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rasquache”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.