furibondo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin furibundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.riˈbon.do/
- Rhymes: -ondo
- Hyphenation: fu‧ri‧bón‧do
Adjective
furibondo (feminine furibonda, masculine plural furibondi, feminine plural furibonde)
- furious, enraged, irate, seething, wrathful
- Synonyms: furioso, infuriato, inferocito
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Canto XIV, 19:
- Rodomonte non già men di Nembrotte,
Indomito, superbo, e furibondo- Rodomonte not less than Nimrod,
indomitable, proud, and wrathful
- Rodomonte not less than Nimrod,
- 1638, Claudio Monteverdi, "Altri canti d'Amor", Madrigali guerrieri, et amoroso (text from an anonymous sonnet)
- Di Marte io canto furibondo e fiero
i duri incontri e le battaglie audaci.- Of Mars I sing furious and fierce, hard matches and battles bold.
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