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rageous, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈreɪdʒəs|
Also 5 rageouse, 5–6 ragyous, 5–8 ragious, 6 ragius.
[a. OF. rageux, -euse (Godef.), f. rage rage n.: see -ous.]
Furious, mad, full of passion: a. of persons, their attributes, actions, utterances, etc.
1440in Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 453 The grete trouble..begonne..by the rageous demenyng of thayme of Basyle. 1490Caxton Eneydos xxii. 81 Tourned from herself for grete sorowe in to a rageouse franesye. 1536Rem. Sedition 1 Suche ragious outcries of souldiours, noyse and brayeng of horses. 1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. vii. 12 Pithagoras..quenched..the lusting minde of a ragious yong man. 1686G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. ii. 30 The Rageous Pangs that I ha' tane Wou'd e'en have burst'n a Heart o' Stane. a1796Pegge Derbicisms Ser. ii, Ragious, full of rage or anger, very angry. 1869–In northern glossaries (Lonsd., Whitby, Linc., etc.). 1891Atkinson Last of Giant-Killers 57 There was a shrill peal of laughter such as to make Mr. Wolfwald shivery as well as rageous.
†b. transf. of things (sea, fire, etc.). Obs.
1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. ii. (1544) 5 The boystruous wyndes and the ragious skie. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 520/1 Fierce & ragyous fire, whyche shall consume the aduersaryes. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 177 The rageous insurges of the wind and water.
Hence † ˈrageously adv.; † ˈrageousness. Obs.
1509Fisher Serm. 10 May Wks. (1876) 278 They ragyously and furyously gape. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) D d vj, What a ragiousnes is it, to set thy chastity common like an harlot, that thou maiest gather riches? 1600Surflet Countrie Farme vi. xvi. 758 If there bee any water it..will boile ragiouslie. |