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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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Berserk
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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
EXPAND such phrases as go berserk.
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