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fury

/fˈjʊɹi/FYUU-ree
/fˈjʊɹi/FYUU-ree

Meaningrage

Common meaning: wild anger

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAD‘drip, to flow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 258, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinfuror; furō‘madness, rage’
  3. Old Frenchfuriesource
  4. Middle Englishfuriesource
  5. Englishfury‘wild anger’ · today

fur also in: furorefurious

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin furor; furō ‘madness, rage’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry furor, p. 797 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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