fou furieux
French
Etymology
Composed of the noun fou (“crazy or mad person”) and the adjective furieux (“furious”). Literally, “furious crazy [person]”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu fy.ʁjø/
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Noun
fou furieux m (plural fous furieux, feminine folle furieuse)
- berserk, raving lunatic
- courir comme un fou furieux ― to run like crazy
- (figurative) an excessively dogmatic, uncontrollable, unpredictable person
- 2020, “Les indiscrets – Le conseil choc de Nicolas Sarkozy à Emmanuel Macron”, in Le Point:
- Un essai thérapeutique a été lancé, très encadré : comme ça, le fou furieux va être occupé à autre chose et on le verra moins sur les plateaux télé
- A formal clinical trial has begun: this way, the [fou furieux] will be busy and so will less often be seen on TV
Related terms
- folie furieuse
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