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infuriate

in·fu·riate

UK/ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ US/ɪnˈfjʊəɹɪət/ fairly common

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First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.

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