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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.] |
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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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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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