Furor
['fjuːrɔː] or ['fjʊrrɔr]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [L.] Fury, rage, madness.
Checker: Reginald
Definition
n. fury: excitement enthusiasm.—Also Furō′re.
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- It was the beginning of the electric-light furor which soon rose to sensational heights. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The furor had its effect in stimulating a desire everywhere on the part of everybody to see and hear the phonograph. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By 1878 the arc-lighting industry had sprung into existence in so promising a manner as to engender an extraordinary fever and furor of speculation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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