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noun
intense anger; wrath.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin īra anger
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin īra anger
Related forms
ire·less, adjective
Synonyms
fury, rage, choler, spleen.
fury, rage, choler, spleen.
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Word Origin & History
ire
c.1300, from O.Fr. ire (11c.), from L. ira "anger, wrath, rage," from PIE base *eis-, forming various words denoting "passion" cf. Gk. hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Skt. esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger").
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