raptus

[ rap-tuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of raptus¹

1840–50; < Latin: a seizing, equivalent to rap ( ere ) to seize, abduct, rape ¹ + -tus suffix of v. action

Atrox id visum est facinus patribus plebique; quare raptus est in ius Horatius et apud iudices condemnatus.

Qua plaga praefatus Domini sacerdos Tuda raptus est de mundo, et in monasterio, quod dicitur Paegnalaech, honorifice sepultus.

Give greetings to all, including the good Madame Councillor, and tell her that I still occasionally have a raptus.

When in this state of mind Madame von Breuning used to say that he was in his "raptus."

Yet how graceful she is in her tragic raptus, the chorus shows.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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