A furor is a public outburst of anger or excitement. Cause a furor, the furor died down, a furor over the remarks.
Britain spells it furore with an e and says it in three syllables, and America uses furor in two. It names the public reaction rather than the event that caused it.
1nounfurorA public outburst of anger or excitement.
“The new tax caused a furor among small business owners.”
furor is an uproar.
Also accepted in games: furore
Latin furor means rage or frenzy, from furere, to rage.
Latin
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Old French
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Middle French
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Middle English
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English, today
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Built from
From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA