Enfuriate
/ɪnˈfjʊəri.eɪt/noun
To make furious or intensely angry; an archaic or rare variant of “infuriate.”
Did you know?Enfuriate is formed on the same Latin root as *furia*, the name for the Roman goddesses of vengeance who pursued oath-breakers and murderers.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
furia
“Rage, madness, or frenzy; also a Fury, one of the divine spirits of vengeance”
Classical Latin
Latin
furere
“To rage, rave, or be violently mad”
Late Latin
Latin
infuriare
“To enrage or drive into fury”
Middle English
English
enfuryen
“To make furious or enrage”
16th–17th Century
English
enfuriate
“To enrage; a rare form influenced by Latin and French patterns”
Modern English
English
enfuriate
“An obsolete or uncommon verb meaning “to infuriate””