ravissantadj.

Brit.

/ˌravɪˈsɒ̃/,

/ˌravɪˈsɑːnt/, U.S.

/ˌræviˈsɑn(t)/

Forms: Middle English rauisaunt, 1600s– ravissant, 1800s– ravissante Brit.

/ˌravɪˈsɒ̃t/,

/ˌravɪˈsɑːnt/, U.S.

/ˌræviˈsɑnt/ (in sense 2, designating a woman, after French feminine form); also Scottish pre-1700 rauisant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ravisant; French ravissant.

Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Old French ravisant, ravisaunt, ravissant, ravissaunt (French ravissant ) rapacious, voracious (although this is apparently first attested later: 14th cent.; 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘plundering’, with reference to robbers), use as adjective of present participle of ravir (see ravish v.). In later use reborrowed < French ravissant (in heraldic use, of an animal) standing on its hind legs with its front legs raised, in the half-raised posture of a wolf beginning to spring on its prey (first half of the 15th cent. in Middle French), ravishing, delightful (1625 or earlier; already in 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘(of a person) entranced, lost to the world’), specific uses of ravissant . Compare ravishing adj.Not fully naturalized in English.

†a. Of an animal: ravening; voracious. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 77 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 5 Þe wolf wild and rauisaunt With þe schep ȝeode so milde so lomb.

1494 Loutfut MS f. 18, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ravisant The wolf is a rauisant best.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 2 Tha said rauisant volfis of ingland, hes intendit ane oniust veyr.

b. Heraldry. as postmodifier. In the half-raised posture of a wolf beginning to spring upon its prey.The posture of a ‘wolf ravissant’ corresponds to that of a ‘lion salient’.

ΚΠ

1725 New Dict. Heraldry 296 Ravissant is the Term us'd by French Heralds to express the Posture of a Wolf half rais'd, as it were just springing forward upon his Prey.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Ravissant, a term used by French Heralds to express the posture of a wolf, half raised, and just springing forward upon his prey.

1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 489 Ravissant, of a wolf with his prey.

1901 ‘J. Waring’ tr. H. de Balzac Scenes Courtesan's Life II. 387 And so it came to pass that Clément Chardin des Lupeaulx, whose father was ennobled by Louis XV., and bore quarterly; of the first, argent, a wolf sable, ravissant, carrying a lamb, gules.

1969 J. P. Brooke-Little Fox-Davies's Compl. Guide Heraldry xii. 149 Woodward states that the wolf is the most common of all heraldic animals in Spanish heraldry, where it is frequently represented as ravissant, i.e. carrying the body of a lamb in its mouth or across its back.

2. Ravishing, delightful. Now rare.Chiefly in imitation of French.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adjective] > exciting rapture or ecstasy

ravishingc1430

rapting1594

raping1613

ravissant1653

transportant1660

enravishing1681

transportinga1683

subliming1796

enrapturing1801

trancing1856

trancefula1883

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 254 The ravissant happiness of the blessed Angels.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 18 O, 'tis the sweetest Prince! so obligeant, charmant, ravissant.

1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair iii. i. 36 A Lady cannot have indifference for a Person so bien fait, and whose Conversation is Ravissant.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 460 The most ravissante little Marquise in the world.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. ix. 145 She is not..ravissante like her sister.

2000 A. M. Schlesinger Life in Twentieth Cent. I. xvi. 326 Anne Whyte—‘as ravissante as ever’, I reported provocatively to my wife—was working for the Ministry of Information.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ravissant
释义	ravissantadj. Brit. /ˌravɪˈsɒ̃/, /ˌravɪˈsɑːnt/, U.S. /ˌræviˈsɑn(t)/ Forms: Middle English rauisaunt, 1600s– ravissant, 1800s– ravissante Brit. /ˌravɪˈsɒ̃t/, /ˌravɪˈsɑːnt/, U.S. /ˌræviˈsɑnt/ (in sense 2, designating a woman, after French feminine form); also Scottish pre-1700 rauisant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ravisant; French ravissant. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Old French ravisant, ravisaunt, ravissant, ravissaunt (French ravissant ) rapacious, voracious (although this is apparently first attested later: 14th cent.; 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘plundering’, with reference to robbers), use as adjective of present participle of ravir (see ravish v.). In later use reborrowed < French ravissant (in heraldic use, of an animal) standing on its hind legs with its front legs raised, in the half-raised posture of a wolf beginning to spring on its prey (first half of the 15th cent. in Middle French), ravishing, delightful (1625 or earlier; already in 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘(of a person) entranced, lost to the world’), specific uses of ravissant . Compare ravishing adj.Not fully naturalized in English. 1. †a. Of an animal: ravening; voracious. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 77 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 5 Þe wolf wild and rauisaunt With þe schep ȝeode so milde so lomb. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 18, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ravisant The wolf is a rauisant best. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 2 Tha said rauisant volfis of ingland, hes intendit ane oniust veyr. b. Heraldry. as postmodifier. In the half-raised posture of a wolf beginning to spring upon its prey.The posture of a ‘wolf ravissant’ corresponds to that of a ‘lion salient’. ΚΠ 1725 New Dict. Heraldry 296 Ravissant is the Term us'd by French Heralds to express the Posture of a Wolf half rais'd, as it were just springing forward upon his Prey. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Ravissant, a term used by French Heralds to express the posture of a wolf, half raised, and just springing forward upon his prey. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 489 Ravissant, of a wolf with his prey. 1901 ‘J. Waring’ tr. H. de Balzac Scenes Courtesan's Life II. 387 And so it came to pass that Clément Chardin des Lupeaulx, whose father was ennobled by Louis XV., and bore quarterly; of the first, argent, a wolf sable, ravissant, carrying a lamb, gules. 1969 J. P. Brooke-Little Fox-Davies's Compl. Guide Heraldry xii. 149 Woodward states that the wolf is the most common of all heraldic animals in Spanish heraldry, where it is frequently represented as ravissant, i.e. carrying the body of a lamb in its mouth or across its back. 2. Ravishing, delightful. Now rare.Chiefly in imitation of French. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adjective] > exciting rapture or ecstasy ravishingc1430 rapting1594 raping1613 ravissant1653 transportant1660 enravishing1681 transportinga1683 subliming1796 enrapturing1801 trancing1856 trancefula1883 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 254 The ravissant happiness of the blessed Angels. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 18 O, 'tis the sweetest Prince! so obligeant, charmant, ravissant. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair iii. i. 36 A Lady cannot have indifference for a Person so bien fait, and whose Conversation is Ravissant. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 460 The most ravissante little Marquise in the world. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. ix. 145 She is not..ravissante like her sister. 2000 A. M. Schlesinger Life in Twentieth Cent. I. xvi. 326 Anne Whyte—‘as ravissante as ever’, I reported provocatively to my wife—was working for the Ministry of Information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1300
随便看	elixir of love elixir of vitriol elixir of youth elixir-like elixir-stone elixirate elixirated elixired elixirlike elixirs elixirstone elixiviate elixiviated elixiviation elizabeth elizabeth stuart elizabethan elizabethanism elizabethanize elizabethanized elk elk-bark elk-horn elk-horse elk-hound