raptus
[ rap-tuhs ]
noun
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
Origin of raptus
11840–50; <Latin: a seizing, equivalent to rap(ere) to seize, abduct, rape1 + -tus suffix of v. action
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How to use raptus in a sentence
Atrox id visum est facinus patribus plebique; quare raptus est in ius Horatius et apud iudices condemnatus.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'HomondQua plaga praefatus Domini sacerdos Tuda raptus est de mundo, et in monasterio, quod dicitur Paegnalaech, honorifice sepultus.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonGive greetings to all, including the good Madame Councillor, and tell her that I still occasionally have a raptus.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerWhen in this state of mind Madame von Breuning used to say that he was in his "raptus."
Music: An Art and a Language | Walter Raymond SpaldingYet how graceful she is in her tragic raptus, the chorus shows.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century | Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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