RAGE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabies ~, madness, from rabere to be mad; akin to Sanskrit rabhas violence Date: 14th century 1. violent and uncontrolled anger, a fit of violent wrath, insanity , violent action (as of wind or sea), an intense feeling ; passion , a fad pursued with intense enthusiasm , see: anger II. intransitive verb (~d; raging) Date: 14th century to be in a ~, to be in tumult, to prevail uncontrollably