ravishment C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˈrævɪʃmənt/ UK /ˈrævɪʃmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a state of intense delight or rapture She gazed at the sunset in pure ravishment. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a state of intense delight... raptureecstasydelightblisstransportenchantment Word family Related forms ravishravishingrapt Etymology AI details From Old French ravissement, from ravir ('to seize, carry off'), from Latin rapere ('to seize'); the abstract sense of being carried away by emotion. ravissement Old French rapere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ravishment **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈrævɪʃmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈrævɪʃmənt/ ## Meanings 1. a state of intense delight or rapture ## Examples - She gazed at the sunset in pure ravishment. ## Synonyms - rapture - ecstasy - delight - bliss - transport - enchantment ## Related Forms - ravish - ravishing - rapt ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ravissement - Root: rapere ## Etymology From Old French ravissement, from ravir ('to seize, carry off'), from Latin rapere ('to seize'); the abstract sense of being carried away by emotion. ## AI Etymology Ravishment comes from Old French ravissement, from ravir ('to seize, carry off'), from Latin rapere ('to seize'); the abstract sense of being carried away by emotion. The historical chain includes Old French ravissement and Latin rapere. The quoted older senses, "to seize, carry off" and "to seize", supply the semantic anchors for ravishment. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word ravishment carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a state of intense delight or rapture". Related English forms include ravish, ravishing, and rapt. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown