Pronounced: an-uh-NY-uhs, noun
Notes: I did know this word; I find the origin interesting
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase Sturm und Drang means “turmoil”
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the late 1700s
Background / Comments
As you might expect, our word came from German, which it means “storm and stress”. When it first came into English, our word was used to identify a German literary movement — such works were filled with rousing action and high emotionalism. Our more modern and simpler definition began to be used in the mid-1800s.
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