Etymology

furious

fu·ri·ous
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Today it means: Feeling great anger; raging; violent. Full definition →

Middle English furious ← Old French furieus ← Latin furiōsus
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  1. Latin · derived fromfuriōsus
  2. Old French · derived fromfurieus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfurious
  4. English todayfurious

From Middle English furious, from Old French furieus, from Latin furiōsus. Displaced native Old English hātheort (literally “hot-hearted”).

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