Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furious; raging; mad.
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- adjective
Choleric ,irate , propense to beingfurious .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is, of course, a long distance separating the furibund fluency of old Hieronimo and the broken words of Lear.
"Rhetoric" and Poetic Drama Thomas Stearns 1920
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Wisemans encyclical, dated from without the Flaminian Gate, in which he announced the new departure, was greeted in England by a storm of indignation, culminating in the famous and furibund letter of Lord John Russell, then Prime Minister, against the insolence of the Papal Aggression.
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But the brawny, not yet furibund Figure, we say, is Jacques Danton; a name that shall be 'tolerably known in the
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Hercules not yet furibund, -- he is an esurient, unprovided Advocate.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Chabray, no asseveration or shrieks availing her, fair slim damsel, late in the arms of Royalty, has a garter round her neck, and furibund
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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"If this Bowelt is an honest man," his Highness continued, "he will give to the demand of these furibund petitioners a very queer reception."
The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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An occasional benevolent Christian complied with his request to the extent of a dig with a stout boot under the rib; but every now and then, the furibund jarvey apologised to us for the slowness of our course by asking -- "Won't I serve him out when
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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“By Saturday's post, I sent you a fierce and furibund letter upon the subject of the printer's blunders in Don Juan.
Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854
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"By Saturday's post, I sent you a fierce and furibund letter upon the subject of the printer's blunders in Don Juan.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
slumry commented on the word furibund
deranged
August 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word furibund
Interesting, slumry--OED says "Furious, raging, mad." Guess its meaning has morphed somewhat. :-)
August 6, 2007
jaime_d commented on the word furibund
From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011