fury
See also: Fury
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/, /ˈfjɔːɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊɹ.i/, /ˈfjɚ.i/
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈfjʉːɹi/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːɹi/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
Noun
editfury (countable and uncountable, plural furies)
- Extreme anger.
- 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
- Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
- 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, Lucrece (First Quarto)[1], London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- 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 terms
editTranslations
editextreme anger
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strength or violence in action
an angry or malignant person
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Etymology 2
editNoun
editfury (plural furies)
- (obsolete) A thief.
- 1625 (date written), Iohn Fletcher, [Philip Massinger], The Elder Brother. A Comedie. […], London: […] F[elix] K[ingston] for J[ohn] W[aterson] and J[ohn] B[enson], published 1637, →OCLC, Act III, scene (please specify |scene=i or ii):
- But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editfury
- Alternative form of furie
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editfury
- Alternative form of fyry
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfury f
- inflection of fura:
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