forcené

See also: forcène

English

Etymology

From French forcené (“rabid”), past participle of forcener (“to go mad, become enraged”), from Middle French [Term?], from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). More at for-, sense.

Adjective

forcené

1. (in reference to a horse) Rearing on the hind legs.

Synonyms

• frighted

Anagrams

• enforce

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French

Etymology

From forcener (“to go mad, become enraged”), from Middle French, from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). Related to asséner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.sə.ne/

Adjective

forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)

1. crazed, frenzied, deranged

Noun

forcené m (plural forcenés)

1. maniac

   travailler comme un forcené ― to work like a maniac

Participle

forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)

1. past participle of forcener

Further reading

• “forcené”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• confère, conféré, froncée

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French forsener (“to go mad”).

Adjective

forcené m (feminine singular forcenee, masculine plural forcenez, feminine plural forcenees)

1. insane; mad

Descendants

• French: forcené