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Anger that skipped the gym and went straight to vocabulary class.
means Intense anger or wrath — fury, but in its formal Sunday clothes.
from From Latin ira, meaning 'anger' or 'wrath,' straight through Old French ire into English around the 13th century. It's kin to irate and irascible, and possibly connected to a deeper root meaning 'to move violently' or 'be excited' — the same impulse that makes anger feel physical, like something surging rather than sitting still.
- origin
- from Latin ira, same root as irate
- register
- poetic cousin of plain old anger
- usage tell
- shows up right before someone gets roused
- company it keeps
- pairs with raise, as in raise his ire