furor noun.
['fjʊǝrɔ:] LME.[Latin, from furere to rage: see -OR.]1. Fury, rage; madness. Now
rare or
obsolete.
LME.■ T. Wyatt What rage is this? What furor?2. The inspired frenzy of artists and prophets; an excited mood.
L16.With defining adjective in Latin, as
furor academicus,
furor poeticus,
furor scribendi, etc.
■ George Eliot They were written in a furor.
■ S. Foote I am afraid the poetic Furor may have betray'd me into some Indecency.3. =
FURORE. Now chiefly
N. Amer. E18.■ R. May What a furor is made over kissing a girl. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲