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furibund

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Adj — Inclined to become furious; hot-tempered, angry.

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From French furibond (“furious”) and Middle English furybound, furybounde, both of which were borrowed from Latin furibundus (“frantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired”), from furō (“to rave, rage”) plus -bundus, a suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning. The further origin of furō is uncert...

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