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fren⋅zy

[fren-zee] noun, plural -zies, verb, -zied, -zy⋅ing.
–noun
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.

Origin:
1300–50; ME frenesie < OF < LL phrenēsis < LGk, for Gk phrenîtis; see phrenitis


fren⋅zi⋅ly, adverb


2. madness, insanity, lunacy, aberration; rage, fury, raving.


1. calm. 2. sanity.
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fren·zy   (frěn'zē)   
n.   pl. fren·zies
  1. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.

  2. Temporary madness or delirium.

  3. A mania; a craze.

tr.v.   fren·zied, fren·zy·ing, fren·zies
To drive into a frenzy.

[Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin phrenēsia, from Latin phrenēsis, back-formation from phrenēticus, delirious; see frenetic.]
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Word Origin & History

frenzy 
c.1340, from O.Fr. frenesie, from M.L. phrenesia, from phrenesis, back-formation of L. phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: fren·zy
Pronunciation: 'fren-zE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural frenzies
1 a : a temporary madness b : a violent mental or emotional agitation
2 : intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity —fren·zied /-zEd/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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