enraged

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English [Term?].[1] By surface analysis, enrage +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Adjective

enraged (comparative more enraged, superlative most enraged)

  2. Angered, made furious, made full of rage.
    an enraged judge
    he was enraged
    Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:enraged.
  3. (obsolete) Insane, mad.
    • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      Of thirty bare yeares haue I
      twice twenty bin enraged,
      & of forty bin three tymes fifteene
      in durance soundlie caged,
      On yͤ lordlie loftes of Bedlam
      with stubble softe & dainty,
      braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong
      with wholesome hunger plenty

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Verb

enraged

  1. simple past and past participle of enrage

References

  1. ^ “enraged, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

  • “enraged”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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