From French forcené ("rabid"), past participle of forcener, from Middle French, from Old French forsener ("to be mad with rage") (compare Old French forsenede ("one who has lost his mind")), from for- + sen, Frankish *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- ("to feel"). Cognate with German Sinn ("sense, meaning, mind"), Dutch zin ("sense, desire"). More at for-, sense.
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