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fury

English

Etymology 1

From Old French furie, from Latin furia (“rage”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fj???i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?fj??i/
  • Rhymes: -???i

Noun

fury (countable and uncountable, plural furies)

  1. Extreme anger.
  2. Strength or violence in action.
  3. An angry or malignant person.
Derived terms
  • furious
Translations

Etymology 2

Latin fur (“thief”).

Noun

fury (plural furies)

  1. (obsolete) A thief.
    • Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fu.r?/

Noun

fury f

  1. inflection of fura:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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conniption

English

Etymology

Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, perhaps related to corruption or captious.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??n?p.??n/

Noun

conniption (plural conniptions)

  1. (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
    • 2001, Slipknot, "My Plague", Iowa.
    When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
    ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)
  2. A fit of laughing; convulsion.
    The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.

Synonyms

  • (fit of anger or panic): see Thesaurus:tantrum

Translations

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