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furiosity|fjʊrɪˈɒsɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. furiōsitāt-em, f. furiōsus furious: see -ity.]
1. The quality or state of being furious; fury; an instance of this. Now rare.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 69 His owne madnes and cruell furiositie. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 578 We reid greit furiositie Of slauchter maid be Leui and Simeon. 1727Bailey vol. II, Furiosity, furiousness. 1894Phil. Robinson in Monthly Packet Feb. 152 His furiosities do not count for much.
2. Madness, esp. in Sc. Law (see quot. 1882). brieve of furiosity: a brieve directing an inquiry as to a person's sanity.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 371 After the dethe of whom, Claudius..as in furiosite, wolde say oftetymes, and inquire..why Messalina his lady come not to table. 1475Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 112 Þat in tyme tocum þe said brefe be reformit and a clauss put þarin to Inquere of þe foly and furiosite. 1557–75Diurn. Occurr. (Bannatyne) 75 The quenis grace commandit him to pas to the castell of Edinburgh induring hir will, to appeis the furiositie foirsaid. 1707in Athenæum 1 Feb. (1896) 143/1 A person, because of her Furiosity, unfitt to be dealt with according to Discipline. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 286 Services of Idiotry and Furiosity to pay as General Services. 1814Scott Wav. xii, As it is expressed in the breves of furiosity. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 100 §101 The brieves of furiosity and idiotry hitherto in use are hereby abolished. 1882W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl., Furiosity, or madness, by which the judgment is prevented from being applied to the ordinary purposes of life. |