Fury

Fury

See also: fury

English

Etymology

From the Latin furia ("rage")

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Fury (plural Furies)

1. (Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “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

Finnish: raivotar German: Furie (de) f Greek: Ancient: Ἐρινύς f (Erinús)

Marathi: फ्यूरी (fyūrī) Polish: Furia f Russian: фу́рия (ru) f (fúrija) Spanish: furia (es) f

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