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noun
- a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- a prevailing fad, mania, or craze.
- fury; rage; madness.
noun
- a public outburst, esp of protest; uproar
- a sudden widespread enthusiasm for something; craze
- frenzy; rage; madness
1790, Italian form of furor, borrowed originally in the sense “enthusiastic, popular admiration;” it later descended to mean the same thing as furor and lost its usefulness.
late 15c., from Middle French fureur, from Latin furor “a ravaging, rage, madness, passion;” related to furia “rage, passion, fury” (see fury).