raptus
/ˈɹaptəs/noun
raptus is a noun meaning “A state of rapture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-P-T-U-S, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of raptus is raptuses.
What does raptus mean?
noun
- 1
A state of rapture.
- 2
A seizure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce raptus?
- UK /ˈɹaptəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of raptus
- raptuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is raptus?
Raptus appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does raptus come from?
From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).