Fury
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English
Etymology
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fury (plural Furies)
- (Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.
- 1907 August, Robert W Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […]!”
Translations
female personification of vengeance
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Further reading
- “Fury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.