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furious (iou)



furious adjective. LME.
[Old French furieus (mod. -eux) from Latin furiosus, from furia FURY: see -OUS.]
Full of fury, very angry, raging; resulting from or showing fury; violent, frantic. Formerly also, (of pain etc.) agonizing. LME.
R. Graves Caligula was furious with the knight..and gave him a good beating. O. Manning He swung away from them and ran at a furious speed down the stairs.
(Violently) mad or insane. Long only Scots Law (now Hist.). LME.
b. Foolish, absurd. rare. E16-E17.
Excessive; extravagant. rare. M17.
De Quincey Without a suspicion of his own furious romancing.
Phrases: fast and furious rapid(ly), hectic(ally), uproarious(ly).
furiously adverb LME.
furiousness noun E16.