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ire

  [ahyuhr]
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–noun
intense anger; wrath.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < L īra anger

Related forms:
ireless, adjective

Synonyms:
fury, rage, choler, spleen.
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Ire.

 
Ireland.
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ire   (īr)   
n.  Anger; wrath. See Synonyms at anger.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īra; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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