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frenzy

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnzi/

The English word “frenzy” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A state of wild activity or panic.
  2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

adjective

  1. Mad; frantic.

verb

  1. To render frantic.
  2. To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

Etymology

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

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