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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted raving/raging/ravishing beauty WhitmanO'Neill 06/03/2004 12:41 AM Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty sjmaxq 06/03/2004 12:51 AM Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty wsieber 06/03/2004 6:29 AM Re: raving/raging/ravishing beauty RhubarbCommando 06/03/2004 1:48 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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