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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being furious; raving madness.

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  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous, nec naturaliter idiota, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crack-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other.

    Waverley 2004

  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous nec naturaliter idiota, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crackbrained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other.

    The Waverley 1877

  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous, NEC NATURALITER IDIOTA, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crack-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other.

    Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous, nec naturaliter idiota, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crack-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other.

    Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous, nec naturaliter idiota, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crack-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other.

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Waverley expressed his surprise that his friend Davie was capable of such trust; but the Baron gave him to understand that this poor simpleton was neither fatuous, nec naturaliter idiota, as is expressed in the brieves of furiosity, but simply a crack-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly

    Waverley Walter Scott 1801

  • Exploding onto the stage with blistering guitars, pounding guitar beats and trance inducing light show, the band revved up its engines and rolled through their set with an undeniably amplified and mind-melting furiosity not willing for compromise.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2010

  • Exploding onto the stage with blistering guitars, pounding guitar beats and trance inducing light show, the band revved up its engines and rolled through their set with an undeniably amplified and mind-melting furiosity not willing for compromise.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2010

  • Exploding onto the stage with blistering guitars, pounding guitar beats and trance inducing light show, the band revved up its engines and rolled through their set with an undeniably amplified and mind-melting furiosity not willing for compromise.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2010

  • [Kill the fattened tofu!] [And furiosity killed eight of them.]

    DUmmie FUnnies 2010

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