Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūriōsitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fūriōsitẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Insanity; (b) agony.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.371 : Claudius..as in furiosite [L quasi amens; Trev.Higd.: as þey he were out of his mynde], wolde say [etc.].
- ?a1500 Y shall say (Thott 110)2 : Y shall say what ynordynat loue ys, The furyosite and wodnes of mynde.
b
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)93/37 : Oile of roses..mitigateþ þe akyng; it dulleþ þe furiosite and þe scharpnez of þe mater.