Noun: furor
| Singular | furor |
| Plural | furors |
Sample Sentences
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This action created a furor in the broader medical community. It was considered undoctorly, unprofessional, illegal, and an infringement on the right to practice. [1998, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, American Medicine: The Quest for Competence, page 79:]
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The verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.
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The story of the princess's affair caused a furor among journalists.
Nouns inflected like furor
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”). See: Middle English Nouns '
furour', Latin Nouns '
furor'.