Word of the Day:
furious
What It Means
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
Furious in Context
“Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).
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