See Also: Fury(medicine)
fury(dictionary)
fury(dictionary)
Sound and the Fury, The(dictionary)

fury (iou)



fury noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French furie from Latin furia, from furiosus FURIOUS, from furere to rage: see -Y3.]
I.
(A fit of) fierce passion, madness, wild anger, or frenzied rage. LME.
F. Norris One of those furies of impotent grief and wrath..suddenly took possession of him. S. Rushdie In cold fury my uncle hurled his son from the room.
Impetuosity or violence, esp. in battle. M16.
R. W. Emerson To hunt with fury..all the game that is in nature.
Inspired frenzy; (artistic) inspiration. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
Pope A sacred fury fires My ravish'd breast, and all the Muse inspires.
Violence of weather, disease, or other agency. L16.
E. Stillingfleet These waters falling down with so much fury and violence.
II.
An avenging or tormenting infernal spirit; spec. (freq. Fury) each of the three Greek or Roman goddesses of vengeance and punishment. Freq. in pl. LME.
T. Arnold All prayed that the furies of her father's blood might visit her with vengeance.
A person resembling an avenging fury; esp. an angry or malignant woman, a virago. LME.
Dryden Remember, sir, your fury of a wife.