English
furiosity
Furiosity comes from Middle English furiosite.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500furiosite
- Englishearliest quotation 2014furiosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500furiosite
- Englishearliest quotation 2014furiosity
Earliest quotation: 2014, Nick Kroll, Finger Magnets: “Liz might be pregnant with a baby right now,…”
Linked words
through Latin furiōsus ‘full of madness or rage, furious, raging’
Today it means
noun furiousness; fury
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English furiosite / furiosity