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French
Etymology
From furieux + -ax. The Latin word is unrelated.
Pronunciation
Adjective
furax (invariable)
- (informal) furious
- Synonym: furieux
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See also
Further reading
“furax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From fūr (“thief”) + -ax.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- thieving (inclined to steal)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “furax”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.