2 hours ago, drpaladin said:

It gets more confusing since ravish can also mean rape.

 

That was one of the first two definitions I saw in the dictionary I used when looking up the word.  

2 hours ago, raven1 said:

That was one of the first two definitions I saw in the dictionary I used when looking up the word.  

Yes, Terry, you can look ravishing when you dress nicely, possibly for a special social event.  Or the Vikings went through many parts of the world ravishing the women of the areas they attacked. 

4 hours ago, sandrewn said:

Excuse me, before I can comment on 'ravish', I will first have to look up 'dichotomy'(me thinks, I am not alone).

 

Just saying,

Sorry, sandrew, my English teachers used to use the word dichotomy very often when discussing books, shorts stories,    and poetry.  

7 minutes ago, Bill W said:

Sorry, sandrew, my English teachers used to use the word dichotomy very often when discussing books, shorts stories,    and poetry.  

MrsGnomie used the word in the title of her latest novel.  A lot of readers included it in their comments, also.

2 minutes ago, raven1 said:

MrsGnomie used the word in the title of her latest novel.  A lot of readers included it in their comments, also.

Is she an English teacher as well?  

1 hour ago, JamesSavik said:

Tom dancing in his tighty whities, set my young heart fluttering and my libido on fire.  I was ready to ravish him before the song ended. Of course, that's ancient history now.