rapt

[ rapt ]
/ ræpt /
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adjective

deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
transported with emotion; enraptured: rapt with joy.
showing or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile.
carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.

Origin of rapt

1350–1400; Middle English (past participle of rapen to carry off, abduct, rape) < Latin raptus seized, carried off (past participle of rapere), equivalent to rap- (see rape1) + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM rapt

rapt·ly, adverb rapt·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rapt

rapped rapt wrapped wrapt

Words nearby rapt

rapport, rapporteur, rapprochement, rappé pie, rapscallion, rapt, raptor, raptorial, rapture, rapture of the deep, raptured

Words related to raptness

concentration, enthrallment, immersion, hang-up, engagement, fascination, involvement, holding, engrossment, occupation, preoccupation, captivation, intentness, prepossession

Example sentences from the Web for raptness

  • Tyndall noticed that the others were gazing up into the old man's face with an expression of raptness, even of reverence.

    Grove of the Unborn |Lyn Venable

  • There is a misty broodiness in his eyes which leaves 85 them indescribably lovely to me as I watch him in his moments of raptness.

    The Prairie Child |Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for raptness (1 of 2)

rapt 1
/ (ræpt) /

adjective

totally absorbed; engrossed; spellbound, esp through or as if through emotion rapt with wonder
characterized by or proceeding from rapture a rapt smile

Derived forms of rapt

raptly, adverb

Word Origin for rapt

C14: from Latin raptus carried away, from rapere to seize; see rape 1

British Dictionary definitions for raptness (2 of 2)

rapt 2
/ (ræpt) /

adjective

Also: wrapped Australian and NZ informal very pleased: delighted