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Furioso

[fyoor-ee-oh-soh; It. foo-ryaw-zaw]

adjective

forceful; turbulent.

adverb

forcefully; turbulently.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1660–70, for an earlier sense; < Italian: literally, furious, equivalent to furi(a) fury + -oso -ous

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furioso (ˌfjʊərɪˈəʊsəʊ)

—*adj, —adv*
1.	in a frantically rushing manner

—n , -sos
2.	a passage or piece to be performed in this way

[C19: Italian, literally: furious; see fury]

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