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enrage

/enˈɹeɪdʒ/en-RAYJ
/ɛnˈɹeɪdʒ/en-RAYJ

Meaningto rage, rave, storme

Common meaning: make very angry

‘in, into’ + ‘rage, madness’ → enrage

Journey through time

Hybrid: Latin + Old French Its parts come from different languages; the combined form first appears in our sources in Old French.

  • en — Latin in- “in, into; upon” (path traced)
  • rage — Old French rage “rage, madness” (path traced)

Parts join in Old French as enrager.

  1. Latinin- + rage‘in, into; upon + rage, madness’source
  2. Old Frenchenrager‘to rage, rave, storme’source
  3. Frenchensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto rage, rave, storme → make very angryenrage‘make very angry’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French enrager, which Skeat analyses as in- ‘in, into; upon’ + rage ‘rage, madness’.

Roots

  • enrager Old French “to rage, rave, storme”
  • rage Old French “rage, madness”

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