raptus

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raptus

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Etymology

From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaptəs/

Noun

raptus (plural raptuses)

1. A state of rapture.
   • 1902, William James, “Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 412:

     In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body.

2. (pathology) A seizure.

Anagrams

• prutas, stupra

Ido

Verb

raptus

1. conditional of raptar