furioso
adverb
furioso is an adverb meaning “Rapidly and with passion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-I-O-S-O, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does furioso mean?
adverb
- 1
Rapidly and with passion.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA furious person; a violent madman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furioso?
Furioso appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does furioso come from?
Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of furious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).