berserk

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

  • Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
  • Weird; bizarre.

Origin

  • A borrowing from Old Norse berserkr (Icelandic berserkur, Swedish bärsärk), probably from bjǫrn + serkr but perhaps instead from berr + serkr

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