Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle English riven, past participle of riven ("to rive"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He also assumed that the England dressing room was by definition riven with cliques, self-interest and hostility to newcomers.”
“As CEO, Ford was a proponent of fuel-saving and hybrid car technology but struggled to implement that vision or to reform a corporate culture that insiders long described as riven by factions.”
“The licht o 'the can'le had burned up against it, an' riven't a 'to pieces.”
“In the days of the 'last minstrel' it was appropriate to describe this 'riven' relic as 'Newark's stately tower.' line 33.”
“Will - like PeterS, I must query your odd grammar: "With a deeply rived country" presumably you meant "riven".”
“UK airports yesterday, telling a hearing that the Commission's ruling was "riven" with apparent bias.”
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“At least in this sense most American communities are not riven by culture wars about the private religiosity of public school teachers.”
“Nearly half 46 percent even said they strongly agreed that America is riven by religion.”
“This chapter includes evidence that, on its own, may suggest that Americans are riven by religion.”
“The idea that standards of politeness are declining in a country riven by antisocial behaviour and rudeness is wrong, according to research to be published by the Young Foundation.”
The Guardian: Rude Britannia is a myth, says report into English manners
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘riven’.
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Used
halcyon, ineluctable, inspissated, incarnadine, askance, demur, saltation, requisite, effusive, specious, liminality, indomitable and 114 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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Blood Meridian: The Words
Words from Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"
argosy, ossuary, thaumaturge, devonian, ristras, chartvail, catafalque, suzerain, argonauts, unrectified, surbated, pyrolatrous and 86 more...
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My Favorite Words
As the title suggests...
erudite, draconian, ribald, caveat, onerous, drivel, defenestration, serendipitous, cogent, fastidious, ether, iridescent and 2 more...
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yoshiyahu's Words
meme, disingenuous, antebellum, hypnagogic, philtrum, transference, prototypical, janissary, tuareg, shoal, caltrop, bannister and 89 more...
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.names
remy, rolf, theobald, jerrick, dray, theade, torfin, roderick, eleazer, keller, leif, melrick and 149 more...
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caspermilktoast's Words
frenetic, farrago, fandango, ensemble, assay, emulsion, taut, winnow, ridonkulous, ginormous, frisson, idee fixe and 181 more...
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words that make me happy inside
amanuensis, inamorata, armigerous, yurt, fugacious, ephemeral, gambit, defenestration, orotund, toper, teuchter, apostasy and 90 more...
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kmalladi's favorites
edification, penchant, ablution, extricate, frank, triumvirate, trifecta, egregious, hoi polloi, articulate, antediluvian, brusque and 291 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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Oh them words, them words
My fancies, my cudgels.
liquescent, ferly, lamia, basilisk, trigon, fantast, stirp, tristesse, enfleurage, stemma, formicary, lacrimation and 346 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Love at first sight
perambulation, gambit, monsoon, misnomer, rapscallion, chagrin, ether, parataxis, iridescent, riven
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roseandivy's list
mooncalf, wonted, gibbet, artless, noontide, blithe, glitterati, vorpal, soporific, moxie, pilfer, betwixt and between and 263 more...
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the Island of the Day Before
phoebus, promontory, succor, indite, sickle, cerulean, tenebrous, specter, bastion, clemency, miasma, nocturlabe and 112 more...
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random
words I read but don't know
nascent, proxy, desultory, charlatan, churlish, emaciated, gaudy, shill, lurid, frisson, marauding, plunder and 610 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu I've seen renter, which is interesting. Feb 7, 2012
gever Over on Medieval Occupations they list appear to have found some evidence of a rivener (which is not defined here either). Anyone come across that as an olde occupation? Feb 7, 2012
martagreen "I realized that the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder." -Mahatma Gandhi (An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth) Mar 6, 2009
super-topher 1 a: to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : rend b: to split with force or violence
2 a: to divide into pieces : shatter b: fracture
intransitive verb: to become split : crack Jan 15, 2009