ire
Meanings
Noun
- Iron.
- Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
Verb
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Origin
- From Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren. More at iron.
- From Middle English ire, from Old French ire ("ire"), from Latin īra ("wrath, rage"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- ("to fall upon, act sharply") (compare Old English ofost ("haste, zeal"), Old Norse eisa ("to race forward"), Ancient Greek ἱερός ("supernatural, holy"), οἶστρος, Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀, Sanskrit एषति).
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