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rage

/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ noun

In Latin: rabiēs, furia, furor Wiktionary

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  1. Violent uncontrolled anger.
  2. A current fashion or fad.
    Miniskirts were all the rage back then.
  3. An exciting and boisterous party.

verb

  1. To act or speak in heightened anger.
  2. To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
  3. To party hard; to have a good time.

Origin

From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).

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