Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
adjective
- delightful; lovely; entrancing
“act of plundering,” c.1300, verbal noun from ravish (v.).
mid-14c., “ravenous;” early 15c., “enchanting;” present participle adjective from ravish (v.). The figurative notion is of “carrying off from earth to heaven.” Related: Ravishingly.