Fury
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States
A female personification of vengeance.
proper noun
- 1
A female personification of vengeance.
“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,[…]!”
Etymology
Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
Forms
- plural
- Furies
furthermore · In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote…furthest · superlative form of far: most far Most distant in time, space…fury · Extreme anger.
Fury · A female personification of vengeance.
fuse · A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or…fused · Joined together by fusingfusion · The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.