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[ahyuhr] Pronunciation Key
—Related forms
[ahyuhr] Pronunciation Key –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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(īr) Pronunciation Key
n. Anger; wrath. See Synonyms at anger. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īra; see eis- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| ire | |
noun | |
| 1. | a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance [syn: anger] |
| 2. | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ire
Ire\, n. [F., fr. L. ira.] Anger; wrath. [Poet.] Syn: Anger; passion; rage; fury. See Anger.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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