rasquache
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mexican Spanish rascuache (“poor, coarse or vulgar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rasquache (comparative more rasquache, superlative most rasquache)
- (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[edit]
- rasquache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “rasquache”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.