courroux

French

Etymology

From Old French corropt, corroz, deverbal of the verb correcier (whence Modern French courroucer).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ku.ʁu/

Noun

courroux m (uncountable)

(literary) ire, wrath
- 1845, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Voyage en Bulgarie 1841
  On savait que, malgré le caractère impétueux de Milosch, elle avait tué de sa main une maîtresse de ce prince et bravé son courroux après la mort de sa rivale.

Related terms

courroucer

Further reading

“courroux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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