Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
ravineux — ravineux, euse [ʀavinø, øz] adj. ÉTYM. 1842; de ravine. ❖ ♦ Rare. Creusé par des ravins. || Terrain ravineux … Encyclopédie Universelle
ravine — [ ravin ] n. f. • ravine de terre « avalanche » 1388; raveine 1120; lat. rapina → rapine 1 ♦ Vx Torrent. 2 ♦ (XVIe) Petit ravin; lit encaissé d un ruisseau, d un torrent. « c était une ravine affaissée, usée par le vent et par l eau » (Le Clézio) … Encyclopédie Universelle
ravenous — rav|e|nous [ˈrævənəs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: ravineux, from Latin rapere; RAPE1] very hungry →↑starving ▪ I m absolutely ravenous. ▪ a ravenous appetite >ravenously adv ▪ I was ravenously hungry … Dictionary of contemporary English
ravenous — [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’ … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ravenous — [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’ … Word origins
