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raving

/ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.

Plural ravings

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“Raving mad; his head becomes weaker.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 91 · C1
“I’ve seen hatters before,” she said to herself; “the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won’t be raving mad—at least not so mad as it was in March.” As she said this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a branch of a tree.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 47 · B2
It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 48 · B2
The doctor most kindly took charge of me, and it was well he did so, for I had a fit in the station, and before we reached home I was practically a raving maniac.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 70 · B2

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