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furious
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English
Etymology
From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊɹ.i.əs/, /ˈfjɝ.i.əs/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧ous
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs
Adjective
furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)
- Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
- a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
- Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
transported with passion or fury
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rushing with impetuosity
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus; equivalent to furie + -ous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
furious
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: furious
References
- “fūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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