RAVINGS

Noun

ravings

plural of raving Usual form.

Anagrams

• Garvins, grivnas, sarving

Source: Wiktionary


RAVING

Rav"ing, a.

Definition: Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.

– Rav"ing*ly, adv.

RAVE

Rave, n. Etym: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]

Definition: One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] Etym: [F. rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]

1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.

2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.

3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.

Rave, v. t.

Definition: To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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