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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)
- Extreme anger.
- Strength or violence in action.
- An angry or malignant person.
Derived terms
- furious
Translations
Etymology 2
Latin fur (“thief”).
Noun
fury (plural furies)
- (obsolete) A thief.
- Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu.r?/
Noun
fury f
- inflection of fura:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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distraction
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?t?æk?(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?t?æk??n/, /d?-/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
- Hyphenation: dis?tract?ion
Noun
distraction (countable and uncountable, plural distractions)
- Something that distracts.
- The process of being distracted.
- Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- Mental disorder; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
- 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory
- […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
- 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory
- (medicine, archaic) Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
Derived terms
- distracter
- distractee
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “distraction”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- adstriction
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distracti?, distracti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.t?ak.sj??/
Noun
distraction f (plural distractions)
- distraction
- entertainment
Related terms
- distraire
Further reading
- “distraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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