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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
  2. n. Temporary madness or delirium.
  3. n. A mania; a craze.
  4. v. To drive into a frenzy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Violent agitation of the mind approaching to temporary derangement of the mental faculties; distraction; delirium; madness.
  2. n. Synonyms Mania, Madness, etc. (see insanity); rage, fury, raving.
  3. Mad; delirious.
  4. To render frantic; drive to distraction.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A state of wild activity or panic.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
  2. adj. rare Mad; frantic.
  3. v. rare To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. state of violent mental agitation

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (phrensis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenitis, "inflammation of the brain"): see frantic and frenetic. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin phrenēsia, from Latin phrenēsis, back-formation from phrenēticus, delirious; see frenetic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • dmcleod0914 "I was far to lost in my own frenzyof anticipation to notice much of what she said." - Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.145 Nov 30, 2010

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