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单词 ravisable
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ravisableadj.

Forms: late Middle English ravysable, 1500s rauysable, 1600s ravisable.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ravisable.
Etymology: < Middle French ravisable, ravissable greedy, rapacious, predatory (1170 in Old French; compare Anglo-Norman ravissable (of material) vulnerable, liable to be damaged (c1200 or earlier)) < raviss- (see ravish v.) + -able -able suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Predatory, rapacious.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious
yevereOE
greedy971
reavingOE
fretewil?c1225
ravissantc1300
ravishingc1350
ravenous?1387
raveningc1390
ravisablea1425
eating1483
yeverous1483
savourousa1492
yevery1531
vorax1535
gluttonisha1586
falconish1587
ravin1615
vulturous1623
ravened1627
gorb?1635
esurine1687
voracious1693
gastrolatrous1694
tigerantica1704
gutsy1803
bulimious1816
polyphagian1825
yevrisome1825
edacious1829
polyphagous1837
tigerocious1874
bulimic1886
hyperphagic1943
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 7016 Outward, lambren semen we, Fulle of goodnesse and of pitee, And inward we, withouten fable, Ben gredy wolves ravysable [Fr. ravissables].
1506 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. aiiii v With contenaunce replenysshed with ire Lene as ony wolf rauysable.
1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Ravisable, Ravenous.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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