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Furor   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.





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"Furor" Quotes from Famous Books



... mio tesoro, Non apprezzo il tuo furor; Per un vago, e bel crin' d'oro Foco, e fiamme, e poco al' Cor. ...
— Amadigi di Gaula - Amadis of Gaul • Nicola Francesco Haym
... Inquisition, and yet her great piety did not prevent her from giving a death-blow to the Fuero of Castile, the most liberal government of Europe except that of Aragon. The popularity which she acquired by the conquest of Granada, the religious furor excited by that successful war, and the union with Aragon, enabled her to establish the Inquisition. By means of her priests associated in its gloomy tribunals she was able to suppress popular rights. A shadow of the Fueros of Catalonia, ...
— Mexico and its Religion • Robert A. Wilson
... Julia were invented and spread the most atrocious calumnies, which formed thereafter the basis for the infamous legends that have remained in history attached to her name. The traditionalist party naturally abetted this furor of accusations and inventions, made to persuade the public that a fearful corruption was hidden among the upper classes and that to cure it fire and sword must ...
— Characters and events of Roman History • Guglielmo Ferrero
... Successionis leges. 21. Patris, propinqui, amicitiae, inimicitiaeque susceptae: homicidii pretium: Hospitalitas. 22. Lotio, victus, ebriorum rixae: consultatio in conviviis. 23. Potus, cibus. 24. Spectacula: aleae furor. 25. Servi, libertini. 26. Fenus ignotum: Agricultura: Anni tempora. 27. Funera, ...
— Germania and Agricola • Caius Cornelius Tacitus


Words linked to "Furor" :   fashion, fad, disturbance, brouhaha


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