FURORE

furor, furore

(noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest)

fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage

(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; ā€œhe always follows the latest fadsā€; ā€œit was all the rage that seasonā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

furore (countable and uncountable, plural furores)

Uproar; enthusiastic anger.

Excitement or commotion.

Source: Wiktionary


Fu*ro"re, n. Etym: [It.]

Definition: Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by CaffƩ Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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