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rav⋅ing

[rey-ving]
–adjective
1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied: a raving maniac.
2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable: a raving beauty.
–adverb
3. furiously or wildly: a remark that made me raving mad.
–noun
4. Usually, ravings.
a. irrational, incoherent talk: Putting him in a straitjacket did not stop his ravings.
b. wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see rave, -ing 2 , -ing 1


rav⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

rave

1[reyv] verb, raved, rav⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1. to talk wildly, as in delirium.
2. to talk or write with extravagant enthusiasm: She raved about her trip to Europe.
3. (of wind, water, storms, etc.) to make a wild or furious sound; rage.
–verb (used with object)
4. to utter as if in madness.
–noun
5. an act of raving.
6. an extravagantly enthusiastic appraisal or review of something.
7. Chiefly British Slang. a boisterous party, esp. a dance.
–adjective
8. extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.

Origin:
1325–75; 1915–25 for def. 2; ME raven (v.), prob. < MF resver to wander, be delirious


raver, noun


1. rant, rage, storm.
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rave   (rāv)   
v.   raved, rav·ing, raves

v.   intr.
  1. To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.

  2. To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast.

  3. To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.

  4. To attend a rave.

v.   tr.
To utter or express in a frenzied manner.
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of raving.

  2. Informal An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves.

  3. An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.

  4. Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up.

adj.   Informal
Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.

[Middle English raven, from Old North French raver, variant of resver, to dream, wander, rave.]
rav'er n.
rav·ing   (rā'vĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Talking or behaving irrationally; wild: a raving maniac.

  2. Exciting admiration: a raving beauty.

n.  Delirious, irrational speech.
rav'ing·ly adv.
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