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ravenousadj.adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ravin n.1, -ous suffix. Etymology: < ravin n.1 + -ous suffix. Compare Old French ravineux, ravinos, rabinos rapid, impetuous (late 12th cent.). 1. a. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious ?1387 T. Wimbledon (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 91 (MED) What is þe gredynesse of fleschly desir siþ rauenes [v.rr. rauenorvus; raven and] fisches haueþ sum mesure; Whan þey hungreþ, þey rapeþ. 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright (1861) II. 71 I trowe to shewe the colour that signefieth symplenesse, and withinne, seith Crist, ȝe ben ravenous wolves. a1449 J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 767 (MED) By a maner of simylitude Tirauntys [are] lyknyd to beestis ravynous. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in (rev. ed.) sig. iijv The menow..is a rauenous biter and an egre. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) vi. ix. 36 That ravenus flude [L. rapidus..amnis] closys enveron. a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in (1557) I. 95 The rauenous appetite of dilicate meate & drink. 1567 W. Painter II. xxxiii. f. 415v Not content to kill, but to eate with his rauenous teeth the hart disentrailde from his aduersarie. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) ii. xxvi. sig. Ff3 In whom the innate meanes will bring forth rauenous couetousnes, and the newnes of his estate, suspectfull cruelty. 1590 E. Spenser i. xi. sig. K8v Dead was it sure..What euer thing does touch his rauenous pawes. 1656 S. Holland iii. iv. 170 He on the sudden became sensible of the wondrous vigour absconded in the mysterious folds of his Charmed Belt, which..could protect him from the edge of ravenous steel. 1667 J. Milton x. 991 Death shall..with us two Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe 353 The ravenous Creatures..were come down into the Forest and plain Country, press'd by Hunger to seek for Food. 1789 R. Cumberland v. 78 Is your hunger now so ravenous as to whet your teeth against your friend? 1826 T. Hood Last Man in 31 Their jaws all white with foam Like the ravenous ocean brim. 1835 W. Irving 157 The black wolves, in their ravenous hunger and fury, took no notice of the distant group of horsemen. a1859 T. B. Macaulay (1861) V. 21 He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity. 1881 Nov. 46/1 It turned out that he was a ravenous devourer of dime novels and sensation-story papers. 1949 H. Wilcox iii. 77 The buzzards circled endlessly, descending now and again on small pieces of carrion in daring, ravenous swoops. 1991 11 Mar. 57/1 The American press..eager to meet a ravenous public appetite for every picture, every briefing, every morsel from the front. 2003 Nov. 22/1 We are familiar with the werewolf as being a man-being that..transforms itself into a terrible and ravenous man-beast. 1577 T. Newton tr. Cicero i. f.22v Nothing is more desirous, nothing is more eager & rauenous of his lyke, then Nature. a1631 J. Donne (1647) i. iii. §2 For that age was growne so hungry and ravenous of it, that many were baptized onely because they would be burnt. 1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega viii. vii. 315 Forbidding them to acknowledge any other Idol but the Sun,..or eat humane flesh; which last was the most grievous of any to them, because they were of any thing the most ravenous of that. 1754 J. Elphinston tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon I. i. 3 O ho! dost thou want some of those Princes, or rather monsters, ravenous of carnage. 1818 8 Apr. 3/4 These cormorants..must need attack all that come in their way,—sparing only the hand that feeds them, ravenous of their patrons' fare, and tearing to pieces the reputation of his antagonists. 1856 E. K. Kane II. i. 13 They [sc. dogs] are absolutely ravenous of every thing below the human grade. 1919 G. A. Chamberlain 65 He was a worker ravenous of accomplishment. 1995 (Nexis) 19 May 1 An instant portrait of modern Vietnam: inquisitive, forgiving and ravenous of all that is American. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > extremely hungry 1648 T. Stephens tr. Statius v. 131 Hircanian tygers so the herds inclose, In Scythian plaines, whom morning hunger does Rouse up, and th' ravenous whelps roare for their paps. 1719 D. Defoe 201 I got up ravenous. 1791 1 117 The great number he keeps makes them so ravenous for food, that they are continually breaking through fences for pasture. 1861 Jan. 19/1 He has been traveling all day, has had little to eat or drink, and is feverish with heat and ravenous for food. 1877 W. Black (1878) xlii. 337 Handsome girls who waited on the crowd of ravenous people. 1902 G. S. Whitmore ii. 26 In ten minutes the cooked colt was devoured by the ravenous men. 1989 ‘J. le Carré’ xvii. 327 He suddenly confessed himself ravenous, so Henziger and Wicklow took him through to the Japanese restaurant. 2005 T. Hall i. 26 Clubbers ravenous after hours on the dance floors of Shoreditch and Hoxton would congregate on the pavement, satisfying their munchies. the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5871 (MED) Þer is no degre Gredier nor more ravynous Of worldly good, nor more coueitous Þan prestis. c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Tiber.) 22439 (MED) They seyne eke they be lyberal, Though they be streyte and ravynous, And greete nygardes in her hous. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 85 Spoylyd of the ravynys & pollyng offycerys. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cclxix The horsmen of Hongary are commonly called Hussares, an exceadyng rauenous and cruell kynde of men. 1602 B. Jonson v. iii. sig. Lv Thus, oft, the base and rauenous multitude Suruiue, to share the spoyles of Fortitude. View more context for this quotation 1653 T. Urquhart v. 4 The sordid and corrupt Commissaries, with the ravenous Neoptoleman Presidiaries, did grinde the faces of my poor men, and suck the very blood out of my estate. 1725 D. Defoe i. 201 Nations, who were ravenous and mischievous, treacherous and fierce. 1799 T. Paine 24 He is too ravenous to be content with a system of order himself; and too selfish to permit its enjoyment by others. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xiv. 424 A crowd of negligent or ravenous functionaries..plundered, starved, and poisoned the armies and fleets of William. 1929 2 646 Public taxation in China may be called open robbery by the ravenous officials and petty functionaries. the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging 1607 E. Topsell 754 A rauening Wolfe by his biting bringeth the same danger, as a rauenous Dogge. 1624 F. Quarles xviii. 73 Then how dare Thy ravenous lips thus, thus at randome runne, And counter-maund what I the Lord have done? 1776 Ld. Fife Let. 8 June in A. Tayler & H. Tayler (1925) 97 Lucy, my little favorite, went ravinous mad in the Chaise. She jumpt out, without either biting my servant or me. 1840 4 Nov. 284/2 You would be hung by the neck, with as little remorse of conscience as would be felt by our people at killing a venomous reptile, or a ravenous mad dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.adv.?1387 |
