frenzy

English

Alternative forms

• phrenzy (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (phrensis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

frenzy (plural frenzies)

1. A state of wild activity or panic.

   She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.

Related terms

• frantic
• frenetic
• frenzied

Translations

state of wild activity or panic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發狂 (cmn), 发狂 (cmn) (fākuáng), 狂熱 (cmn), 狂热 (cmn) (kuángrè)

• Danish: vanvid (da), raseri (da)
• Dutch: razernij (nl) f
• Finnish: vimma (fi), kiihko (fi)
• French: frénésie (fr) f

• German: Wahn (de) m, Rausch (de) m, Wut (de) f
• Greek: φρενίτιδα (el) (frenítida) f
• Japanese: 逆上 (ja) (ぎゃくじょう, gyakujō)
• Maori: hōkeka (mi)
• Portuguese: frenesi (pt)
• Russian: неистовство (ru) (neístovstvo) n, безумие (ru) (bezúmije) n, помешательство (ru) (pomešátelʹstvo) n, сумасшествие (ru) (sumasšéstvije) n
• Spanish: frenesí (es) m, manía (es) f

Adjective

frenzy (comparative more frenzy, superlative most frenzy)

1. (obsolete) mad; frantic
   • Bunyan

     They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

External links

• frenzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• frenzy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• frenzy at OneLook Dictionary Search