ravishment

[ rav-ish-muhnt ]

noun

1. rapture or ecstasy.
2. violent removal.
3. the forcible abduction of a woman.
4. rape ¹( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of ravishment¹

1470–80; < Middle French ravissement, equivalent to raviss- ( ravish ) + -ment -ment

Example Sentences

There are moments when these ravishments come close to the touristic, though this is attenuated by the filmmakers’ unexpected use of the boxy Academy ratio.

From New York Times

There is a white image magic that feeds humanism and infuses art with healthy Dionysian passion, and there is a black image magic that causes us to surrender reason to ravishments of our own fixations.

From The New Yorker

Close to my heart I felt the presence of the long-sought, now-discovered glory; and its ravishments thrilled into me with all their power.

From Project Gutenberg

What though our friend Dana shall twang a guitar And murmur a passionate strain— Oh, fairer by far Than these ravishments are The castles abounding in Spain!

From Project Gutenberg

On the sensuous beauty of the world she spent the chaste ravishments of her virginal heart.

From Project Gutenberg

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