Fury
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fury¹
- /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈfjɔːɹi/ UK
- /ˈfjʊɹ.i/ US
- /ˈfjɝ.i/ US
- /ˈfjʉːɹi/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈfjuːɹi/ Ireland
Rhymes with -ʊəɹi
Where it comes from
From Middle English furie, from Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”).
noun furies
- Extreme anger. Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
- Strength or violence in action. Small lightes are ſoone blown out, huge fires abide, / And with the winde in greater furie fret: / The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
- An angry or malignant person.
fury²
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr
Proto-Italic *fōr
Latin furbor.
English fury
Borrowed from Latin fur (“thief”).
noun furies
- A thief. But have an eye to your plate , for there be Furies.
Fury³
Where it comes from
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
proper noun Furies
- A female personification of vengeance. “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,[…]!”
