Furiousness
/ˈfjʊəriəsnəs/noun
The quality or state of being furious; extreme anger.
Did you know?Furiousness is built on the same Latin root as fury, which likely traces to an ancient Indo-European idea of violent heat or rushing force — the kind of energy people once treated almost like a possession.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰeus-
“To be excited, to rage, or to be in a state of violent movement”
Latin
Latin
furere
“To rage, to be mad with anger or frenzy”
Latin
Latin
furiosus
“Full of rage; mad, frenzied”
Middle English
English
furious
“Full of fury or violent anger”
Modern English
English
furiousness
“The state or quality of being furious”