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raven
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r??v?n, IPA(key): /??e?v?n/
- Rhymes: -e?v?n
Noun
raven (countable and uncountable, plural ravens)
- (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
- A jet-black colour.
Derived terms
- Australian raven (Corvus coronoides)
- brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis)
- Chatham raven (Corvus moriorum)
- Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
- common raven (Corvus corax)
- dwarf raven (Corvus edithae)
- fan-tailed raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
- forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
- little raven (Corvus mellori)
- New Zealand raven (Corvus antipodum)
- northern raven (Corvus corax)
- pied raven
- raven-messenger
- relict raven (Corvus tasmanicus boreus)
- Somali raven (Corvus edithae)
- Tasmanian raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
- thick-billed raven (Corvus crassirostris)
- western raven (Corvus corax sinuatus)
- white-necked raven (Corvus albicollis)
Translations
Adjective
raven (not comparable)
- Of the color of the raven; jet-black
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ravene, ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rap?na (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).
Alternative forms
- ravin, ravine
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?v??n, IPA(key): /??æv?n/
- Rhymes: -æv?n
Noun
raven (plural ravens)
- Rapine; rapacity.
- Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Translations
Verb
raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)
- (transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
- (transitive) To devour with great eagerness.
- (transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.
- (intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).
- 1587, Leonard Mascall, The First Booke of Cattell, London, “The nature and qualities of hogges, and also the gouernement thereof,”[1]
- […] because hogs are commonly rauening for their meat, more then other cattel, it is meet therefore to haue them ringed, or else they wil doe much hurt in digging and turning vp corne fieldes […]
- 1852, Elizabeth Gaskell, “The Old Nurse’s Story” in The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales,[2]
- They passed along towards the great hall-door, where the winds howled and ravened for their prey […]
- 1865, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Were-Wolves, London: Smith, Elder & Co., Chapter 8, p. 114,[3]
- The Greek were-wolf is closely related to the vampire. The lycanthropist falls into a cataleptic trance, during which his soul leaves his body, enters that of a wolf and ravens for blood.
- 1931, James B. Fagan, The Improper Duchess, London: Victor Gollancz, 1932, Act 3, p. 237,[4]
- On one side the great temple where you can gather the good harvest—on the other a dirty little scandal that you’ve nosed out to fling to paper scavengers who feed it to their readin’ millions ravening for pornographic dirt.
- 1587, Leonard Mascall, The First Booke of Cattell, London, “The nature and qualities of hogges, and also the gouernement thereof,”[1]
Related terms
- ravener
- ravening
- ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness
Further reading
- Corvus corax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Verna
Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English rave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?re?v?(n)/
Verb
raven
- to (hold a) rave, to party wildly
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?v?(n)/
- Rhymes: -a?v?n
Noun
raven
- Plural form of raaf
Anagrams
- ervan, varen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn.
Noun
r?ven m
- raven
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- r?vene
- r?ve
Descendants
- Dutch: raaf
- Afrikaans: raaf
- ? Sranan Tongo: rafru
- Limburgish: raof
Further reading
- “raven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “raven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *orv?n?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rà???n/
Adjective
ráv?n (comparative rávnejši, superlative n?jrávnejši)
- even, level
Inflection
Alternative forms
- rav?n (archaic)
Derived terms
- rávnost
Further reading
- “raven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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inky
English
Etymology
ink +? -y
Adjective
inky (comparative inkier, superlative inkiest)
- Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
- 1870, The Shamrock (volume 8, page 18)
- One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
- 1870, The Shamrock (volume 8, page 18)
- Spattered or stained with ink.
- (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.
Synonyms
- (dark coloured): black, dark, murky
- (dark-skinned): black, dusky, sable, sooty, swarthy
Antonyms
- bright
- clear
- whitened
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