frenzy
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic.
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Noun[edit]
frenzy (plural frenzies)
- A state of wild activity or panic.
- She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
- A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
- Addison
- All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
- William Shakespeare, A midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
- The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
- Addison
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Translations[edit]
state of wild activity or panic
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Adjective[edit]
frenzy (comparative more frenzy, superlative most frenzy)
- (obsolete) mad; frantic
- 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress:
- They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
- 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress:
Verb[edit]
frenzy (third-person singular simple present frenzies, present participle frenzying, simple past and past participle frenzied)
- (uncommon) To render frantic.
External links[edit]
- 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
