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zinoun
1.
extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
2.
a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania: He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.
verb (used with object)
3.
to drive to frenzy; make frantic: She was frenzied by fear when she smelled the smoke.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English frenesie < Old French < Late Latin phrenēsis < Late Greek, for Greek phrenîtis; see phrenitis
1300–50; Middle English frenesie < Old French < Late Latin phrenēsis < Late Greek, for Greek phrenîtis; see phrenitis
Related forms
fren·zi·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. madness, insanity, lunacy, aberration; rage, fury, raving.
2. madness, insanity, lunacy, aberration; rage, fury, raving.
Antonyms
1. calm. 2. sanity.
1. calm. 2. sanity.
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Word Origin & History
frenzy
mid-14c., from O.Fr. frenesie, from M.L. phrenesia, from phrenesis, back formation from L. phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic). Related: Frenzied.
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