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Furor   /fjˈʊrɔr/   Listen
noun
furor  n.  
1.
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad.
Synonyms: fad, craze, furore, cult, rage.
2.
A sudden outburst (as of protest).
Synonyms: uproar, furore.


furore  n.  (Also spelled furor)  Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.





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"Furor" Quotes from Famous Books



... ad portas se tollit dupla columna; Heikona ton entos cho lithos ektos echei. Hic calvum ad dextram tristi caput ore reclinat, Vix illum ad laevam ferrea vinc'la tenent. Dissimilis furor est Statuis; sed utrumque laborem Et genium ...
— Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles • Daniel Hack Tuke
... wear a large flap of tanned leather in front. Should I ever visit that country again, I should take a great number of "Freemasons'" aprons for the women; these would be highly prized, and would create a perfect FUROR. The only really pretty women that I saw in Latooka were Bokke, the wife of the chief, and her daughter; they were fac-similes of each other, the latter having the advantage of being the second edition. Both women and men were extremely eager for beads of all kinds, the most ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker
... get in some society work—social pull! Rich folks!" Ernestine groaned with disgust. "That kind of furor don't last. They're too flighty in ...
— One Woman's Life • Robert Herrick
... a furor. The news spread like an oil-fed conflagration. The farmers left their work in the fields and hurried into the village; from the houses and cottages came the women and children to cluster around the Congress Hotel; from the station, scarcely of less interest to the inhabitants than the ...
— The Miracle Man • Frank L. Packard
... city was soon in a furor of excitement. Bloodhounds were put on the trail and about noon a Negro who had been tracked was apprehended, sitting quietly on a bridge a few miles out from the city. He made no effort to escape, and ...
— The Hindered Hand - or, The Reign of the Repressionist • Sutton E. Griggs


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