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Webster 1913 Edition


Furious

Fu′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
furiosus
, fr.
furia
rage, fury: cf. F.
furieux
. See
Fury
.]
1.
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent;
as, a furious animal
.
Fu′ri-ous-ly
,
adv.
Fu′ri-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Furious

FU'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[See Fury.]
1.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
2.
Raging; violent; transported with passion; as a furious animal.
3.
Mad; phrenetic.

Definition 2024


furious

furious

English

Adjective

furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)

  1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
    a furious animal; a furious cuckold
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      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.
  2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
    a furious stream; a furious wind or storm

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