berserk
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adjective
1.
violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged: He suddenly went berserk.
noun
2.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) Scandinavian Legend.. Also, ber·serk·er. an ancient Norse warrior who fought with frenzied rage in battle, possibly induced by eating hallucinogenic mushrooms.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | frenziedly violent or destructive (esp in the phrase go berserk) |
| —n | |
| 2. | Also called: berserker a member of a class of ancient Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy before battle and fought with insane fury and courage |
| [C19: Icelandic berserkr, from björn bear + serkr shirt] | |
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Word Origin & History
berserk
"Norse warrior," 1822, introduced by Sir Walter Scott, from O.N. berserkr (n.) "raging warrior of superhuman strength," probably from *ber- "bear" + serkr "shirt," thus lit. "a warrior clothed in bearskin." The -r was O.N. masc. singular ending, mistaken for agent noun suffix. The adj. is 1867, from
such phrases as go berserk.
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Example sentences
When the stock market lurches and online traders go berserk, brokerage sites can hardly afford to buckle.
Althea went berserk and threw the torch into the fire.
People capable of resigning their intelligence this way can be expected to go berserk anytime, anywhere.
When those people come home from work, my dogs go berserk barking.
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