incensed


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incense1 /ˈɪnsɛns/
noun a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. verb perfume with incense or a similar fragrance.
– derivatives
incensation noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. encens (n.), encenser (v.), from eccles. L. incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neut. past part. of incendere ‘set fire to’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incense2 /ɪnˈsɛns/
verb make very angry.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘inflame or excite with a strong feeling’): from OFr. incenser, from L. incendere ‘set fire to’.

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