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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread raving/raging/ravishing beauty #128947 06/03/2004 12:41 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... I've seen, heard, and used all three of these expressions at various times. I just got to wondering if there's any rhyme or reason to their preference commonly, or in any specific situation. And why? And is there a crosspondial significance to their usage? And how did these qualifiers attach themselves to beauty? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty #128948 06/03/2004 12:51 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Well, ravishing beauty could refere to either an incubus or a succubus, I guess. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty #128949 06/03/2004 6:29 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland I never encountered raging as an intensifying attribute to beauty (meaning: quality of being beautiful) - while a raging beauty, to me, immediately suggests a female in a temper Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty #128950 06/03/2004 1:48 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 The crospondial take is (I think) that we would refer to "a raving beauty", or speak of someone's "ravishing beauty" (She was a woman of ravishing beauty.) "Raging beauty" I have heard, but only rarely. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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