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furore

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fu⋅ror

  [fyoor-awr, -er]
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–noun
1. a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
2. a prevailing fad, mania, or craze.
3. fury; rage; madness.
Also, especially British, furore (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1425–75; < L: a raging; r. late ME fureor < MF

Synonyms:
1, 3. frenzy, uproar, commotion, turmoil.
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fu·ro·re   (fyŏŏ-rô'rĭ)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of furor.

[Italian, from Latin furor, frenzy; see furor.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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