rakehell

n.
A dissolute person; a rake.

[Possibly by folk etymology from obsolete rackle, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, perhaps from raken, to go.]

(RAYK-hel)

noun
A licentious or immoral person.

Etymology
By folk etymology from Middle English rakel, rash, hasty.

Usage
"The instrument had previously been owned - witness the title `ex. Paganini' - by that notorious rakehell and virtuoso, who sold it to Vuillaume." — Nicholas Delbanco, The Countess of Stanlein Restored, Harper's Magazine (New York) Jan 2001.

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