Middle English Dictionary Entry
rāǧeǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rāǧeǒus adj. Also ragious, ragius, ragous. |
| Etymology | From rāǧe n.; also cp. OF rageux. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ?Hostile, contentious, wrangling; (b) turbulent, stormy; (c) of persons: intensely passionate; of passion or love's desire: fierce, intense.
Associated quotations
a
- c1675(1440) Plain Decl.in RS 22.2 (Ashm 856)453 : The kyng considereth the grete trouble that is nowe late growen..in the Chirche by the rageous demenyng of thayme of Basyle.
b
- ?a1475 Lydg.FP (Roy 18.B.31)1.1174 : Ragious [vr. Ragous; Bod: The boistous wyndis and the rage skie And Goddis power..Gan thus a-bate a parcel off his pride].
c
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)34/1002 : What nede y spende more enke..That fele the crampe of deth myn hert so nyghe As thorugh this rageous fyre.
- ?c1500 Grevus ys (Sln 1584)11 : Thene do I syght and weype, All Ragius in my bed.