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▪ I. infuriate, a.|ɪnˈfjʊərɪət|
[ad. med.L. infuriāt-us, pa. pple. of infuriāre, f. in- (in-2) + furiāre to madden, enrage, f. furia fury. Cf. It. infuriare to grow into fury or rage (Florio).]
Excited to fury; maddened; full of fury; enraged, raging, frantic, furious. (Of persons and their actions, animals, etc.; fig. of things.)
1667Milton P.L. vi. 486 Hollow Engins long and round Thick-rammd, at th' other bore with touch of fire Dilated and infuriate. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1096 Th' infuriate hil that shoots the pillar'd flame. 1730–46― Autumn 39 Inflam'd, beyond the most infuriate wrath Of the worst monster that e'er roamed the waste. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 594 The infuriate and unrelenting opponent of Nash. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. xxiv. (1865) III. 114 The Roman people..were so infuriate against Caesar's destroyers.
Hence inˈfuriately adv., in an infuriate manner, furiously.
1879G. Meredith Egoist I. vii. 121. 1896 A. Morrison Child Jago 134 Billy Leary fought and battered infuriately.
▪ II. infuriate, v.|ɪnˈfjʊərɪeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. infuriāre to madden; see prec.]
trans. To fill with fury; to render furious or mad with anger; to provoke to fury or fierce passion; to enrage.
1667Decay Chr. Piety xii. 322 Like those curles of entangled snakes with which Erinnys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. 1870Dickens E. Drood viii, This insulting allusion to his dark skin infuriates Neville.
Hence inˈfuriating ppl. a.; inˈfuriatingly adv.; also infuriˈation, the action of maddening, infuriated condition.
1851Kingsley Yeast i. (1853) 17 He rolled about like a tipsy man..to the utter infuriation of Shiver-the-timbers. 1885‘L. Malet’ Col. Enderby's Wife (ed. 3) III. vi. i. 61 He was so infuriatingly calm. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 166, I looked back and saw the painter making cigarettes..It was infuriating! |