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frenzy
English
Alternative forms
- phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *???????? (*phrén?sis), a later equivalent of ???????? (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??nzi/
Noun
frenzy (countable and uncountable, 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.
- All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
- 1595-1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
- The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
Derived terms
- feeding frenzy
Related terms
- frantic
- frenetic
- frenzied
Translations
Adjective
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
frenzy (third-person singular simple present frenzies, present participle frenzying, simple past and past participle frenzied)
- (uncommon) To render frantic.
- Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.
- Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections.
- (rare) To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.
- The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.
Further reading
- frenzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- frenzy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- frenzy at OneLook Dictionary Search
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frenzical
English
Etymology
frenzy +? -ical
Adjective
frenzical (comparative more frenzical, superlative most frenzical)
- (obsolete) frantic
- 1751, John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift
- […] the coldness of her lover, the loss of her reputation, all contributed to make her miserable, and to encrease the frenzical disposition of her mind.
- 1751, John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift
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