rapefuladj.
/ˈreɪpf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈreɪpf(ə)l/ rare after 17th cent. (chiefly U.S. in later use).
Given to, or characterized by, rape or violence.Recorded earliest in rapeful-rueing.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [adjective] > characterized by rape
rapeful1595
1595 R. S. tr. Amorous Contention Phillis & Flora in G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. H4 v But when sad Philomen, did straine Her rapefull-ruing breast againe, These Damzels hearing her complaine, Are re'inflamd.
1605 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iv. i To teach the rapefull Hyrcans mariage.
1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiv. 469 Yet to defend Her selfe from rapefull Ruralls.
1633 Costlie Whore i. sig. B2 His suite, Which hee in rapefull manner oft hath sought.
1648 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Medea iv. ii. 76 See, in this hand the pious Sisters, impious Mothers Brand, Vengeful Althæa! these Plumes found we cast by rapeful Harpies, as by Zetes chas'd.
1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) iii. 150 O then redeem poor me (Thersames cry'd) As her from rapefull Death.
1904 in Booker T. Washington Papers (1977) VII. 385 We are certain that skillfully exaggerated reports of rapeful assaults by Negroes..are being used to discredit the race.
1906 K. Miller Appeal to Reason 2 The direst vengeance is often afflicted for other than rapeful assault.
1983 L. R. Harlan Booker T. Washington iii. 73 The conferees denounced lynching; and while they condemned rape they were certain that skillfully exaggerated reports of rapeful assault were being used to discredit blacks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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