Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective In a tempestuous and vigorous manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Furious; vehement: used in music.
  • noun A violent, raging, furious person.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Mus.) With great force or vigor; vehemently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb music To be played rapidly and with passion.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from Latin furiōsus, furious; see furious.]

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Italian

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Examples

  • “Well, I tried to sell him—though Consuela would have been muy furioso—and then one woman who came to look at him told me about this famous bird sanctuary on Maui.”

    Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009

  • He was one of the first to attempt an extended setting of Ariosto; his Capriccio, a setting of 91 stanzas from Orlando furioso, is a striking example of his tendency to organize series of related texts into broad formal units.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • “Well, I tried to sell him—though Consuela would have been muy furioso—and then one woman who came to look at him told me about this famous bird sanctuary on Maui.”

    Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009

  • “Well, I tried to sell him—though Consuela would have been muy furioso—and then one woman who came to look at him told me about this famous bird sanctuary on Maui.”

    Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009

  • “Well, I tried to sell him—though Consuela would have been muy furioso—and then one woman who came to look at him told me about this famous bird sanctuary on Maui.”

    Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009

  • Solo caramelle e niente carne rendono DeK pazzo furioso

    No Fat Clips!!! : Mall of America: Holidays 2008

  • Troppo televisione e troppi videogiochi rendono Ozcan uh… pazzo furioso!

    No Fat Clips!!! : MEHMET CAN KOCAK – Iyi geceler 2008

  • “Uno show di cucina ambientato in prigione e condotto da un carcerato che passa da chef famoso a galeotto pazzo furioso in pochi secondi”, aiutato dalla sua spalla Frigo.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Prison Bake 2008

  • *Shakes alleged HP by tail again, alleged HP squeaks molto crescendo e furioso* Watch while I prepare to dunk this alleged HP in the swimming pool with the large felines, and see what the alleged HP thinks of that, ladies nad gentlemen!

    Needs salt… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Si examines, omnes miseriae causas vel a furioso contendendi studio, vel ab injusta cupiditate, origine traxisse scies.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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