furiosoadj.adv.n.
A. adj. (and adv.)
Music. See quot. 1825. Also as adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adjective] > specific tempo
runningc1440
pronto1724
adagio1729
andante1742
amoroso1764
tittuping1772
allegretto1783
allegro1794
largo1795
andantino1819
furioso1823
adagietto1841
accelerando1842
rubato1846
bright1872
mosso1876
ritenuto1876
vivace1922
motoric1937
mouvementé1938
tranquillo1939
up tempo1948
downtempo1957
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adverb] > specific tempo
largo1683
allegrettoc1710
allegro1721
furioso1823
precipitato1876
ricky-tick1942
up tempo1948
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Furioso (Mus.) or con furia, Italian, signifying furiously or with vehemence.
1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music Furioso denotes a quick movement, but principally that species of movement which requires a wildness of character in the execution.
B. n.
A furious person.Presumably suggested by the title of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > furious person
stormer1617
furiosoa1670
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous > person
furiosoa1670
rantipole1699
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > fierce or furious > person
furiosoa1670
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. §202 218 A violent Man, and a Furioso.
1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. viii. 317 He gave Oliver the Protectorship, but would not let him call himself King, which stuck so close to that Furioso, that the Mortification spread into his Soul.
1784 Lett. to Honoria & Marianne I. 74 I have heard one of these pitiful furioso's raving to a most amiable woman.
Derivatives
furiosa n. a furious woman.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > furious person > woman
furyc1374
furiosa1710
1710 Age of Wonders vi, in Wilkins Pol. Ball. (1860) II. 69 The furiosas of the Church Come foremost like the wind.
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