English

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Etymology

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rage +‎ -ous

Adjective

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rageous (comparative more rageous, superlative most rageous)

  1. (UK, regional) fierce; violent

References

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  • Francis M. T. Palgrave (1896) A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham: Being Words Not Ordinarily Accepted, Or But Seldom Found in the Standard English of the Day