courroux
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French corropt, corroz, deverbal of the verb correcier (whence Modern French courroucer).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.ʁu/
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Noun
courroux m (uncountable)
- (literary) ire, wrath
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 2, scene 5:
- Allez, ne m’aimez plus, ne versez plus de larmes […] / Je me défendrai mieux contre votre courroux
- Go, love me no more, shed no more tears […] / I would defend myself better against your wrath.
- 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841:
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Further reading
- “courroux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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