fury
See also: Fury
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fury (countable and uncountable, plural furies)
- Extreme anger.
- 1960 March, J. P. Wilson & E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
- The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury.
- Strength or violence in action.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Lvcrece (First Quarto)[1], London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664:
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […]!
- An angry or malignant person.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
extreme anger
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strength or violence in action
an angry or malignant person
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
fury (plural furies)
- (obsolete) A thief.
- 1625, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fury f
- inflection of fura: