Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging. · To speak or write wildly or incoherently. · To talk or otherwise express oneself with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement. · To speak (a message) with intense enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
From Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rave below, and rove.
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