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ravings

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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.

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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 Middle English; see rave, -ing2, -ing1

Related forms
rav·ing·ly, adverb
un·rav·ing, adjective
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raving
late 15c.; see rave; sense of "remarkable" is from 1841.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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