You gave me something to think about here - with “outrage”. I don’t dispute your explanation of the word’s origins, but in common usage it also means something like “intense anger”. I don’t think it is your intention to call this usage into question. That would be rather severe.
You gave me something to think about here - with “outrage”. I don’t dispute your explanation of the word’s origins, but in common usage it also means something like “intense anger”. I don’t think it is your intention to call this usage into question. That would be rather severe.
Of course it has come to mean that, no doubt influenced by the fact that it appears to be connected to 'rage'.