Speakur

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sound and fury

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
sound and -fury
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Impotent or meaningless ranting.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which life is said to be "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing".

Usage

Questions

What does sound and fury mean?
Impotent or meaningless ranting.
Where does sound and fury come from?
From William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which life is said to be "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing".

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