furiosityn.
/fjʊrɪˈɒsɪti/ 1. The quality or state of being furious; fury; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun]
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airc1300
ragec1330
sturdinessc1384
violencea1387
fierceness1435
vehemencyc1487
furiosity1509
fiercetya1513
bremeness?1529
boistousness1530
vehemence1535
bruteness1538
violency1538
violentness1544
vehementness1561
wrath1579
fury1585
torture1605
keenness?1606
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stiffness1623
rapt1632
tempestuousness1648
boisterousnessa1650
rampancy1652
boisture1667
untamedness1727
paroxysm1893
storminess1894
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun]
foamc900
wrethec950
woodnessc1000
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wrathc1175
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ragingc1300
ragec1325
furyc1374
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fiercenessc1384
wrotha1400
grindellaikc1400
rasedheadc1450
furor1477
windc1485
furiousnessc1500
enrage1502
furiosity1509
passion1524
ourningc1540
enragement1596
enragedness1611
transportation1617
emportment1663
madness1663
foaming1709
infuriation1848
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > fierce or furious
woodnessc1000
fiercetya1382
furiosity1509
bremeness?1529
fury1534
carnage1902
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > fierce or furious > act or instance of
furiosity1894
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxv His owne madnes and cruell furyosyte.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 45v We reid greit furiositie Of slauchter maid be Leui and Simeon.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Furiosity, furiousness.
1894 Phil. Robinson in Monthly Packet Feb. 152 His furiosities do not count for much.
2. Madness, esp. in Scots Law (see quot. 1882). brieve of furiosity: a brieve n. directing an inquiry as to a person's sanity.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness
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woodc1275
woodhead1303
ragec1330
amentiaa1398
madnessa1398
frenzy?a1400
madheada1400
maddingc1400
alienation?a1425
furiosity?a1475
derverye1480
forcenery1480
furiousnessc1500
unwitness1527
unwitting1527
demencya1529
straughtness1530
insaniea1538
brainsickness1541
lunacy1541
amenty1557
distraughtness1576
dementation?1583
straughtedness1583
insanity1590
crazedness1593
bedlam1598
dementia1598
insanation1599
non compos mentis1607
distraction1609
daffinga1614
disinsanitya1625
cerebrosity1647
vecordy1656
fanaticness1662
non-sanity1675
insaneness1730
craziness1755
hydrophobia1760
vecord1788
derangement1800
vesania1800
a screw loose1810
unsoundness1825
dementedness1833
craze1841
psychosis1847
crackiness1861
feyness1873
crack1891
meshugas1898
white ant1908
crackedness1910
pottiness1933
loopiness1939
wackiness1941
screwballism1942
kink1959
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 371 After the dethe of whom, Claudius..as in furiosite, wolde say oftetymes, and inquire..why Messalina his lady come not to table.
1475 Sc. 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.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 75 The quenis grace commandit him to pas to the castell of Edinburgh induring hir will, to appeis the furiositie foirsaid.
1707 in Athenæum 1 Feb. (1896) 143/1 A person, because of her Furiosity, unfitt to be dealt with according to Discipline.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 286 Services of Idiotry and Furiosity to pay as General Services.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xii. 168 As is expressed in the brieves of furiosity . View more context for this quotation
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 100 §101 The brieves of furiosity and idiotry hitherto in use are hereby abolished.
1882 G. Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Furiosity, or madness, by which the judgment is prevented from being applied to the ordinary purposes of life.
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