Fury

See also: fury

English

Etymology

Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Fury (plural Furies)

1. (Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “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, […]!”

Translations

female personification of vengeance

• Esperanto: furio
• Finnish: raivotar (fi)
• German: Furie (de) f
• Greek: Ερινύες (el) f pl (Erinýes)

  Ancient: Ἐρινύς f (Erinús)

• Hungarian: Fúria
• Macedonian: фу́рија f (fúrija)
• Marathi: फ्यूरी (phyūrī)
• Middle English: Furie
• Polish: Furia f
• Russian: фу́рия (ru) f (fúrija)
• Spanish: furia (es) f
• Swedish: furie (sv) c
• Ukrainian: фу́рія f (fúrija)

Further reading

• “Fury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.