furor

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  1. noun A general commotion; public disorder or uproar.
  2. noun Violent anger; frenzy.
  3. noun A fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad.

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  • The secret of all this furor is Republican spite They want to stave off our question until after the presidential campaign. —  The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, v1
  • He couldn't help but recall the furor of six months ago. —  EQMM,May2008
  • In the consuls of the three powers what Bismarck used to call the furor consularis was developed to the highest degree. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
  • RSS = untracked WASHINGTON — In an effort to quell a mounting furor, the Treasury Department said late Tuesday that it would require American International Group to repay the government more than $165 million in bonuses doled out last week to the executives blamed for driving the firm to insolvency. —  TheState.com: The Buzz
  • China is a cancer on the world, because they brainwash people into a nationalistic furor, which is why you have tons of blogs in which good folk distort the facts based on opinions that have been seeded into their heads. —  Taipei Times
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English furour, wrath, fury, from Old French fureur, from Latin furor, from furere, to rage.

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  1. from Latin furor, a raging, madness, fury, from furere, rage, be furious: see fury.
 

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